Peritonitis in dogs is still characterized as a severe complication of diseases in the abdominal cavity. Peritonitis is an inflammation of the peritoneum which most often is given an adverse prognostic with the potential of fatal evolution. It presents itself in three forms: aseptic, septic and combined. The septic form is the most common, in which the pathogenic microorganisms rapidly proliferate incurring a severe infectious process. Because of the great importance of this disease, the etiopathogeny, diagnosis methods, and more effective therapy was reviewed with emphasis in new forms of treatment. A favorable prognostic depends on the early diagnostic and the correct treatment for each occurring form.
peritoneum; abdmomen; infection; dogs
