Gastric Torsion in a Cavalier!

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Fiona Leathers — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:55:24 GMT

I know I'm going to jinx me & the practice but.........I haven't seen A GDV for ages!! At least 5-6 years! Wouldn't know what to do if it jumped up and bite me on the bum with a huge banner saying "I've got a gastric torsion!"

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Kim Buckley — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:31:27 GMT

I've seen a really bad case of bloat in a cocker spaniel. Put the dog to sleep before it torsioned. The dog had a lot of other health problems and the owner didn't want to put her through surgery.

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Saskia Quinn — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:27:03 GMT

had a viscous GSD from hell dog in yesterday and he was only 18 months old wouldnt even let us within 10 feet of him he was so angry

somehow, with the help of a dog catcher and me in charge of the syringe of sedation, we managed to get him sedated.

anyway, he was seemingly on the verge of a GDV? We must have got him in time as when ex lap the stomach was starting to dilate, anyway, performed a gastropexy

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hayley stevenson RVN CertECC — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:25:15 GMT

I have seen and worked on a westie, a cat and all the usual breeds

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Vicky RVN — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:17:56 GMT

God imagine if you had to operate on all of them, nightmare! Would be like a factory!

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denise laughlin — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:06:33 GMT

my first ever GDV was in Pekingese!! None of us could beleive it! If i remembered correctly it was secondary to some manky abdo masses and was euthed on the table..but still it was defo a GDV!

Also nearly had 6 GDV's at once! Had a woman leave her pantry door open so her just weaned litter of staffies could rip open a 20kg bag of dry food and proceed to eat the lot as fast as they could! Well as much as they could fit in their teeny stomachs that is!! They were all so bloated they were just heaped in a big pile on the floor groaning- rushed them down to us- a quick drop of Apo for all and it was vomit city in the prep room. Ive never seen so much food come out such small dogs it was amazing! Luckily none of them torsioned or that would have been a fun spot of saturday night surgery!

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Stuart Ford-Fennah — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:28:16 GMT

Hi Thats pretty unusual for sure, The nly small breed GDV ive seen was in a WHWT whihc had a Heartbase Tumour, became dyspnoic then airophagic causing the GDV.

At least the WHWT had pre-existing dx to cause the GDV.

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Deemus — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:42:01 GMT

[quote user="kezzathecat"]I've seen a mesenteric torsion too which was really nasty as we untwisted the mesentry it released toxins from the gut and the dog sadly died under GA. Nowt we could have done as the torsion had caused necrosis of the mesentry. [/quote]

I remember seeing a colonic torsion. No idea how that happened. Operated, tacked the colon to where it should be and fingers crossed the dog did well. The smell was hidious tho, all that faecal matter trapped and the new stuff coming down on to it. Bleurgh!

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Kerry Spain — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:24:41 GMT

Nope never seen it in any small breeds but have seen a few in my time.

My first ever was memorable as we took out 6 kilos of chicken mush from a GSD's tum (it had scavenged food from the local takeaway). The dog lived but was shot dead by a farmer about 6 months later as it was worrying sheep...

I've seen a mesenteric torsion too which was really nasty as we untwisted the mesentry it released toxins from the gut and the dog sadly died under GA. Nowt we could have done as the torsion had caused necrosis of the mesentry.

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Vicky RVN — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:56:10 GMT

I've never seen or heard of it in a small breed. I'm always very careful about feeding and walking Jack...what can i say, i'm a paranoid owner!!!

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les punton — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:44:37 GMT

iv had a daxi plus the usuals, this weekend had a recumbent staffie in that had very distended stomach ....though that would get gdv, however kept a close eye on it along with meds and it seemed to settle

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Kay Eminson — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:55:30 GMT

Never seen it at work in a small dog,

but my aunties JRT got a GDV a few years back and she was 9 i think, survived as well

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Heidi O'Toole — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:38:42 GMT

We have had a basset hound, shar-pei, great dane and m-lx breeds...few and far between though...

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Debbie Summers — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:28:26 GMT

I lost my 12 year old miniature long haired Dachshund after a GDV. He came through surgery but died the next morning.

A vet I was working with after this told me mini dachs are one of the most common breeds to suffer dilation & torsion, but no-one expects it as they are 'little'.

Whilst I was training we had lost of large breed breeders -saw GDV's in Labs, Weimeraners, GSD's, Dobies, G. Rets, and many more!!!

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Claire Cameron — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:00:43 GMT

[quote user="S-J"]

i think i can beat you all!

we had a 4mth old westi with a torsion, it survived though

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!!!

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Nicola Smith — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:49:56 GMT

I've seen a daxy, others the usual breeds, danes, GSDs, mastiff, chow, rotties, ridgeback and standard poodles

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S-J — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:47:04 GMT

i think i can beat you all!

we had a 4mth old westi with a torsion, it survived though

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Deemus — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:26:17 GMT

We had one on a Dachshund not so long ago. A 15 year old daxi who had raided the cupboard, eaten his own body weight in biscuits then started to bloat. To top it all off had has heart problems and a CRT of 4 seconds before we even started. Oh I love a challenging aneasthetic!

Dog came through it well, then about six weeks later had to be castrated and a major hernia repair too. Blooming bionic dog!

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Sally Howe — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:18:09 GMT

Can't say that I've ever seen one in a small breed in the 17 years I've been a nurse.

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Maisy — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:09:15 GMT

The first GDV I saw was in a Bassett, then a Dachshund. I've never seen one in the 'typical' breeds as yet, the last was a smaller 2 y.o Irish Setter x that definitely didn't conform to the deep chest but luckily recovered well post surgery.

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rachel w — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:02:02 GMT

seen one in a jrt not long after i started nursing 8yrs ago not seen one since in small breeds

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hobbits — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:56:16 GMT

have seen 2 dachshunds with it and labradors, shar pei's, plus the usual. It isnt always the size of dog but th conformation. In relation to their size, dachy's have deep narrow chests, as do great danes, setters etc. Havent heard of one in a cavalier, though would never rule it out!

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Claire Cameron — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:26:40 GMT

Have heard of one in a Daschund but not seen it myself

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Claire Cameron — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:23:26 GMT

Never seen a small breed only ever seen in GSD's, dogue de bordeaux, rottweillers

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Snowb — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:30:43 GMT

Yes i've seen on at a referal practice. was a small breed, sorry cant remember the breed, but its GDV was likely due to its other illness was a really shock to see! never expected it and have never seen it in a otherwise healthy dog