Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Canine gastritis
- Journal:
- The Veterinary clinics of North America. Small animal practice
- Year:
- 2003
- Authors:
- C. Webb & D. Twedt
- Species:
- dog
Plain-English summary
Gastritis, which is inflammation of the stomach, is often mentioned when dogs have stopped eating and are vomiting, but it isn't frequently studied in detail. While there are many possible causes for acute or chronic gastritis, there are surprisingly few articles that look closely at real cases in dogs over the past 25 years. Most of the research tends to focus on how dogs are used in experiments to test medical techniques or treatments. In practice, veterinarians often don't conduct all the necessary tests for acute gastritis, and chronic gastritis is usually not found on its own without other gastrointestinal issues. This article highlights the most important findings related to canine gastritis that veterinarians should consider.
Abstract
Gastritis--inflammation of the stomach--is a frequently cited differential yet rarely characterized diagnosis in cases of canine anorexia and vomiting. Although the list of rule-outs for acute or chronic gastritis is extensive, a review of the veterinary literature reveals fewer than 15 articles that have focused on clinical cases of canine gastritis over the last 25 years. The dog frequently appears in the human literature as an experimentally manipulated model for the study of endoscopic techniques or the effect of medications on gastric mucosa. In the veterinary patient, cases of acute gastritis are rarely pursued with the complete diagnostic armamentarium, and cases of chronic gastritis are rarely found to occur as an entity isolated from the rest of the gastrointestinal tract. This article focuses on those findings most clinically relevant to cases of canine gastritis in veterinary medicine.
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