title: [Plasma gastrin levels in horses with colic].
abstract: The plasma gastrin levels in fasted horses (21.1 +/- 15.6 pg/ml), in horses with spasmodic colic (7.3 +/- 5.4 pg/ml) and in horses with impaction of the left ventral large colon and/or pelvic flexure (11.4 +/- 3.1 pg/ml) were not significantly different. The plasma gastrin concentrations of horses with strangulation obstruction of the small intestine, large colon displacement or adynamic ileus, and which had no gastric reflux, were 12.9 +/- 8.7 pg/ml and did not differ from fasted gastrin levels. Horses which had 5-10 litres of stomach content reflux had a higher mean gastrin level (32.2 +/- 22.6 pg/ml) (range 8.7-83.0) than the fasted horses. The mean plasma gastrin level (69.0 +/- 32.2 pg/ml) (range 27.0-122.0 pg/ml) in horses which had gastric reflux and 11-20 litres of stomach content outflow through the nasogastric tube were significantly higher (P less than 0.0004) than in fasted horses or in horses with spasmodic colic, impaction of the left ventral large colon or in horses from which no gastric reflux could be obtained.
authors.affiliation: Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Polytechnic Institute and State University, Leesburg.
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Schusser
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Obermayer-Pietsch
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003085:Colic / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D005215:Fasting / Q000097:blood; D005755:Gastrins / Q000097:blood*; D005764:Gastroesophageal Reflux / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006736:Horses; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary; D011863:Radioimmunoassay
chemical_list: D005755:Gastrins
vernacular_title: Plasmagastrinspiegel bei Pferden mit Kolik.