Comparison of the recurrence rate of gastric dilatation with or without volvulus in dogs after circumcostal gastropexy versus gastrocolopexy.

Objective: To compare the recurrence rate of acute gastric dilatation with or without volvulus (GDV) after circumcostal gastropexy (CCGP) or gastrocolopexy (GCP) in dogs.

Study Design: A prospective, double-blind, multicenter, randomized, controlled, clinical trial with two groups (A and B).

Animals: Fifty-four client-owned dogs presented for treatment of GDV.

Use of breath hydrogen testing to detect experimentally induced disaccharide malabsorption in healthy adult dogs.

Objective: To develop a noninvasive method to detect disaccharide malabsorption in dogs by measuring hydrogen concentration ([H2]) in exhaled breath before and after experimentally induced disaccharide malabsorption.

Animals: 8 healthy mixed-breed dogs.

Procedure: [H2] was measured every 30 minutes for 8 hours after administration of disaccharide solutions (lactose, 0.

Canine lymphocytic plasmocytic enteritis: an immunopathological investigation of intestinal plasma cells.

The numbers of IgA-, IgG- and IgM-containing plasma cells in the lamina propria of duodenum, jejunum, ileum, and coecum were quantitated in 3 patients suffering from lymphocytic plasmacytic enteritis and 3 normal control dogs. A great increase was found in all 3 types of plasma cells and at all levels of the intestinal tract. Especially the IgG-containing cells showed a remarkable increase particularly in 2 patients.

Relationship between QRS-duration (heart score) and racing performance in trotters.

Heart scores increased with age and training. Yearlings had average heart scores of approximately 90 milliseconds (msecs). This increased to approximately 110 msecs in 5-year-old horses, after which there was only slight further increase.

Electrocardiography in the horse. (A report of findings in 138 horses).

Over a period of approx. 3 years, electrocardiograms (ECG) were recorded from 138 horses referred as patients to the Medical Clinic. Of these, 22 horses (approx.