Canine Pancreatitis is inflammation of the pancreas that can occur in two very different forms. Acute pancreatitis is sudden while chronic pancreatitis is characterized by recurring or persistent form of pancreatic inflammation.Cases of both can be considered mild or severe.ancreatitis is caused by autodigestion of the pancreas thought to begin with an increase in secretion of pancreatic enzymes in response to a stimulus, which can be anything from table scraps to getting into the garbage to drugs, toxins, and trauma.
or British mollusc /ËmÉËlÉsk/. plural mollusks. Learner's definition of MOLLUSK. [count] biology. : any one of a large group of animals (such as snails and clams) that have a soft body without a backbone and that usually live in a shell.
Mollusks are a phylum of invertebrate animals defined by their distinct body structure -- a head, a visceral mass, a mantle and some kind of foot.ivalves. Clams, limpets, mussels, oysters and scallops are the most common types of bivalves, which also are mollusks. Bivalve means two shells, which is what these creatures have instead of a bone structure. Bivalves are filter feeders.