Suspected chronic gastric volvulus in a dog with normal gastric emptying of liquids.
A 10-year-old German Shepherd Dog with intermittent eructation, borborygmi, flatulence, abdominal bloating, and vomiting was found to have gastric volvulus. Gastric emptying of liquids (determined with a modified emptying-time technique) was normal. Circumcostal gastropexy vastly reduced clinical signs and resulted in weight gain.
Leib
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Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg 24061.
Monroe
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Martin
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D000818:Animals; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D005746:Gastric Emptying; D013277:Stomach Volvulus / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000662:veterinary*