The true incidence of exocrine pancreatic disease in dogs and cats is unknown.

However, one study of necropsy findings reported that 1.7% of 9,342 canine pancreata and 1.3% of 6,504 feline pancreata showed significant pathological lesions at necropsy.⁹ Roughly 50% of these lesions were classified as pancreatitis in both species, making pancreatitis the most com­mon exocrine pancreatic disease in both dogs and cats.

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