A preliminary assessment of post prandial unconjugated bile acids in serum of cats with chronic diarrhoea and vomiting

Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Increases in serum unconjugated bile acid concentrations have recently been shown to be diagnostic for small intestinal bacterial overgrowth in man. Similar increases in serum unconjugated bile acids were detected in three of nine cats with chronic diarrhoea and vomiting.