An average healthy dog drinks about 1/2 to 1 ounce of water per pound of body weight per day. The amount of water your dog is drinking is an important piece of information to share with your veterinarian and can help avoid unnecessary testing. Keep in mind that dogs are very sloppy, inefficient drinkers.
Barrett's esophagus overview. Barrett's esophagus is a condition in which the esophagus, the muscular tube that carries food and saliva from the mouth to the stomach, changes so that some of its lining is replaced by a type of tissue similar to that normally found in the intestine. This process is called intestinal metaplasia.
What is pancreatic necrosis. Severe pancreatitis causes death of parts of the pancreas. The injured and dying pancreas releases digestive enzymes in the pancreas, which causes extensive death of fatty tissue in the abdomen. This is often associated with development of a condition called a pancreatic psuedocyst and. 2  damage to surrounding structures in the abdomen from the inflammation and leakage of pancreatic juice such as the colon, blood vessels, splenic vein, and the duodenum.