Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with chronic vomiting and weight loss from mesenteric volvulus
By Spevakow, Andrea B et al.·Published in The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne·2010·Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Canada·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Chronic mesenteric volvulus in a dog.
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- dog
Plain-English summary
A 5-year-old Bernese mountain dog was brought in after experiencing intermittent vomiting, diarrhea, and weight loss for four months. During surgery, the vet discovered a chronic, partial twisting of the intestines (mesenteric volvulus) that was causing the dog's symptoms. After correcting the twist, the dog made a full recovery and returned to normal health.
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Abstract
A chronic, partial mesenteric volvulus was found on laparotomy of an adult Bernese mountain dog with a 4-month history of intermittent vomiting, diarrhea, and weight loss. The dog had elevated cholestatic and hepatocellular leakage enzymes, increased bile acids, azotemia, isosthenuria, and a hypokalemic, hypochloremic, metabolic alkalosis. The dog recovered fully following reduction of the volvulus.
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