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Diagnosing Constipation, Obstipation, & Megacolon in Cats

Glenn A. Olah, DVM, PhD, DABVP (Feline), Winn Feline Foundation, Albuquerque Cat Clinic, Albuquerque, New Mexico

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Glenn A. Olah

DVM, PhD, DABVP (Feline) Winn Feline Foundation, Albuquerque Cat Clinic, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Glenn A. Olah, DVM, PhD, DABVP (Feline), is the president of Winn Feline Foundation, a nonprofit organization devoted to funding feline health research and education, as well as an associate veterinarian at Albuquerque Cat Clinic in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He earned his PhD in biophysics from Rice University and his DVM from Oklahoma State University. His interests include all aspects of feline clinical medicine, particularly geriatric medicine.

Internal Medicine|September 2018|Peer Reviewed

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*Megacolon is suggestive of neuromuscular dysfunction.

CKD = chronic kidney disease, DM = diabetes mellitus, DSS = dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate, FeLV = feline leukemia virus, FIP = feline infectious peritonitis, FIV = feline immunodeficiency virus, IBD = inflammatory bowel disease, NE = nasoesophageal

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