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Gastric Motility Disorders (view source)
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===Radiography===
===Radiography===
Contrast radiography may support a diagnosis of a gastric motility disorder:
*Contrast radiography may support a diagnosis of a gastric motility disorder:
*Half of the animal's daily caloric requirement should be fed as canned food mixed with 5% by weight of barium sulphate. Radiographs are taken every hour until the stomach is empty. This amount of food is normally emptied by the stomach in 5-8 hours. If food is still present after this time, a motility problem is suggested.
**Half of the animal's daily caloric requirement should be fed as canned food mixed with 5% by weight of barium sulphate. Radiographs are taken every hour until the stomach is empty. This amount of food is normally emptied by the stomach in 5-8 hours. If food is still present after this time, a motility problem is suggested.
*Fluoroscopy studies may be used to assess gastric motility.
==Treatment==
==Treatment==
==Prognosis==
==Prognosis==
==References==
==References==