An 18-month-old, female spayed, Australian Mist cat presented with a 24 h history of muscle tremors and inappetence progressing to collapse with generalised muscle fasciculations. The cat was diagnosed with a hypochloraemic metabolic alkalosis due to a duodenal foreign body found to be a...

The width of the small intestine is the most useful radiographic indicator of small intestinal obstruction. In dogs, a ratio of the small intestine width to the height of the fifth lumbar vertebral body that is greater than 1.6-2.0 is supportive of a diagnosis of mechanical small intestine ...

Benign stricture is an uncommon cause of chronic small intestinal obstruction in the cat. The purpose of this retrospective case series was to describe the ultrasonographic features, histopathological findings, and clinical presentation in a group of cats with benign small intestinal stricture....

This paper briefly reviews the basic definitions of gastrointestinal foreign body in cats. Gastrointestinal foreign body may cause severe pathogenetic effects resulting in plication of the intestine, intussusception, potentially ruptured bowel and peritonitis. This study was conducted in the Clinic ...

Objective: To report the use of skin staples alone, and in combination with sutures, for closure of gastrointestinal incisions in cats and to describe outcomes. Materials and Methods: Retrospective study of cats that underwent gastrotomy, jejunotomy, jejunal or colonic anastomosis using skin...

Objectives: To establish predilection sites of obstruction and to investigate clinical factors associated with a poor outcome. Methods: A retrospective study of 208 consecutive cases over a 48-month period from first-opinion practice. Results: Overall, 91 per cent of cases recovered with higher...

Objective - To characterize clinical signs, diagnostic test results, foreign body location, treatment, and outcome for dogs and cats with sewing needle foreign bodies. Design - Retrospective case series. Animals - 65 dogs and cats with sewing needle foreign bodies. Procedures - Medical records of...

This article describes the clinical signs, diagnosis and treatment of foreign body ingestion in cats and dogs.

What is the best way to find a gastric or intestinal obstructing foreign body? There is no foolproof answer, but radiology and sonography can be of great help. A good knowledge of normal anatomy and anatomical variation, together with being familiar with the normal radiographic and sonographic...

Ileus is characterised by a total or partial cessation of small intestinal motility. The cause can be mechanical (compression or obstruction of a digestive segment) or functional (generalised impairment of transit, described as paralytic or adynamic ileus). Management depends on the type of ileus...