Stool fats, also known as fecal fats, or fecal lipids, are fats that are excreted in the feces.
A stool is fecal matter.
Not exactly. Fecal stasis just means that there hasn't been any bowel movements. While fecal impaction means some of the stool has become hardened and prevents the passage of more stool. Fecal impaction is one cause of fecal stasis.
This process is called fecal culture or stool culture, where feces are placed in a specific growth medium to allow bacteria to grow and be identified.
The stool analysis mentioned here is known as a fecal occult blood test, or FOBT, and, while it can be helpful, it is not 100% accurate--only about 50% of cancers are FOBT-positive.
A stool fat test is used to evaluate the amount of fat in the stool, which can help diagnose conditions such as malabsorption syndromes and pancreatic disorders. It can also provide information about the effectiveness of digestive enzymes.
A small amount of stool sample, about the size of a grape, is usually needed for a cat's fecal examination.
In the medical community it is referred to as stool or a bowel movement (abbreviation BM).
A fecal float is performed to check for internal parasites. A stool sample is required to perform this check on an animal.
That would refer to having another stool test (testing fecal matter for blood).A re-test is a do over.
Fecal stasis is pockets of stool literally sitting inside your abdomen, not moving. You may have BM's, but it can go around the stuck stool. It sits and rots. A good way to diagnose it is with an abdominal x ray.
1. Very sluggish and/or No bowel sounds upon auscultation 2. Diarrhea type stool because the liquid fecal matter is oozing around the impacted fecal matter in the bowel.