Table 57-3.

Criteria for Assessment of Severity of Canine Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Characteristic	CIBDAI	CCEAI
Attitude/activity	0. Normal	0. Normal
	1. Slight decrease	1. Slight decrease
	2. Moderate decrease	2. Moderate decrease
	3. Severe decrease	3. Severe decrease
Appetite	0. Normal	0. Normal
	1. Slight decrease	1. Slight decrease
	2. Moderate decrease	2. Moderate decrease
	3. Severe decrease	3. Severe decrease
Vomiting	0. None	0. None
	1. Mild (once/wk)	1. Mild (once/wk)
	2. Moderate (2 to 3/wk)	2. Moderate (2 to 3/wk)
	3. Severe (>3/wk)	3. Severe (>3/wk)
Stool consistency	0. Normal	0. Normal
	1. Slightly soft feces, fecal blood mucus, or both	1. Slightly soft feces, fecal blood mucus, or both
	2. Very soft feces	2. Very soft feces
	3. Watery diarrhea	3. Watery diarrhea
Stool frequency	0. Normal	0. Normal
	1. Mild increase (2 to 3/day)	1. Mild increase (2 to 3/day)
	2. Moderate increase (4 to 5/day)	2. Moderate increase (4 to 5/day)
	3. Severe increase (>5/day)	3. Severe increase (>5/day)
Weight loss	0. None	0. None
	1. Mild (<5%)	1. Mild (<5%)
	2. Moderate (5% to 10%)	2. Moderate (5% to 10%)
	3. Severe (>10%)	3. Severe (>10%)
Serum albumin		0. Albumin >2.0 g/dL
		1. Albumin 1.5 to 1.99 g/dL
		2. Albumin 1.2 to 1.49 g/dL
		3. Albumin <1.2 g/dL
Ascites and peripheral edema		0. None
		1. Mild ascites or peripheral edema
		2. Moderate ascites/peripheral edema
		3. Severe ascites/pleural effusion and peripheral edema
Pruritus		0. No pruritus
		1. Occasional episodes of itching
		2. Regular episodes, but stops when asleep
		3. Dog regularly wakes up due to itching
Final score	0 to 3. Clinically insignificant disease	0 to 3. Clinically insignificant disease
	4 to 5. Mild IBD	4 to 5. Mild IBD
	6 to 8. Moderate IBD	6 to 8. Moderate IBD
	≥9. Severe IBD	≥9. Severe IBD

CIBDAI, Canine inflammatory bowel disease activity index; CCEAI, canine chronic enteropathy activity index.