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Inflammatory or infiltrative disorders
Diffuse lymphosarcoma of the small intestine (alimentary lymphoma)
Enteritis due to eosinophilic, lymphocytic-plasmacytic, or basophilic infiltrate
Multisystemic eosinophilic epitheliotropic enterocolitis
Granulomatous enteritis (inflammatory bowel disease)
Lawsonia intracellularis (weanling foals, yearlings)
Intestinal ischemia and damage due to migration of Strongylus vulgaris larvae, small strongyles, or Strongyloides westeri (foals) infection
Cryptosporidia
Postinfarction inflammation
Amyloid-associated gastroenteropathy
Multiple abscessation in the bowel
Tuberculosis
Histoplasmosis
Intestinal Rhodococcus equi infection
Invasive enterocolitis (Salmonella spp)
Biochemical or genetic abnormalities
Congenital or acquired lactase deficiency (lactose intolerance)
Dietary-induced enteropathy
Monosaccharide transport defect
Pancreatic exocrine insufficiencies
Diseases causing inadequate absorptive area
Villous damage or atrophy due to viral infection (rotavirus, coronavirus) or bacterial enteritides in foals
Cryptosporidiosis
Intestinal resection
Cardiovascular disorders
Congestive heart failure
Intestinal ischemia
Lymphatic obstruction
Lymphosarcoma
Mesenteric lymphadenopathy
Intestinal lymphangiectasia
Abscessation
Thoracic duct obstruction
Miscellaneous
Drug-induced
Heavy metal toxicosis
Zinc deficiency