An kira shi cututtukan peritonitis ga kumburin membrane wanda yake layin ciki na kare, don haka ya fusata yankin sosai. Sakamakonsa na iya zama mummunan rauni da zafi ga dabba, wanda shine dalilin da ya sa alamomin sa sukan bayyana da sauri. A cikin wannan sakon mun taƙaita manyan bayanai game da wannan cuta.
Yana da halin, kamar yadda muka fada a baya, da kumburi daga cikin peritoneum, membrane wanda yake layin ciki na canine kuma yana shan ruwan da bai kamata ya kutsa cikin yankin jikin mutum ba. Wannan kumburi na iya faruwa ta hanyar gida ko gama gari, ƙarshen shine mafi tsanani.
Zai iya faruwa daga dalilai da yawa, kamar duwatsun gall, ƙwayoyin cuta, rauni zuwa ciki, ciwon daji, pancreatitis, ko tsaurarawa (takaita gallbladder ducts). Duk wannan yana haifar damuwa bayyanar cututtuka, wanda mafi yawan sune:
1. Zazzabi.
2. Amai.
3. Gudawa.
4. Ciwan ciki.
5. Ciwon ciki.
6. Rashin Hankali.
7. Rashin cin abinci.
Kafin kowane ɗayan waɗannan alamun dole ne muyi kai tsaye zuwa asibitin dabbobi, inda gwani zai yi wasu gwaje-gwaje don sanin menene matsalar. Na farko daga cikin wadannan zai zama cikakken gwaji na zahiri, daga baya kuma za a yi amfani da X-ray da kuma duban dan tayi don ganin hanta. Za'a iya buƙatar gwajin jini da fitsari da cikakken ƙidayar jini.
Jiyya zai dogara ne da nau'in peritonitis da dabba ke fama da shi da kuma tsananin shi. A kowane hali, ya kamata ya rufe jagororin asali guda uku: daidaita yanayin ilimin lissafi, kula da kamuwa da cuta (idan akwai) kuma gano dalilin matsalar. Wani lokaci a shiga tsakani; misali, idan ruwa ya taru kuma ana bukatar magudanar ciki.
Amma nasa rigakafin, gaskiyar magana itace babu wata hanyar gujewa wannan matsalar. Koyaya, yawan duba lafiyar dabbobi yana taimaka mana gano matsalar da wuri-wuri, wanda ke sa sauƙi warkewa.