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GASTRIC EMPTYING IN THE NORMAL DOG A Contrast Radiographic Technique
Author(s) -
Miyabayashi Takayoshi,
Morgan Joe P.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
veterinary radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.541
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1740-8261
pISSN - 0196-3627
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-8261.1984.tb02143.x
Subject(s) - beagle , gastric emptying , meal , medicine , zoology , barium meal , stomach , nuclear medicine , biology
A total of 22 radiographic studies was made to determine comparative gastric emptying times of two different solid test meals (intact kibble food and ground kibble food mixed with barium sulfate suspension) in four mature (15‐26 months) normal Beagle dogs under controlled conditions. Complete gastric emptying times of the intact kibble and ground kibble meals of a given dose (8 g/kg of dog food plus 5‐7 ml/kg of the contrast agent) ranged from five to ten hours (7.6 ± 1.98 hours with intact kibble meal and 7.0 ± 1.86 hours with ground kibble meal). Feeding a halfdose of ground kibble meal (4 g/kg of dog food plus 3.5 ml/kg of the contrast agent) resulted in complete gastric emptying times of four to six hours (4.7 ± 0.67 hours). Individual dogs had repeatable gastric emptying times although the times varied among different dogs.