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Gastric Dilation and Intestinal Obstruction – Rabbit (view source)
Revision as of 16:25, 20 July 2010
, 16:25, 20 July 2010→Causes of intestinal obstruction
*Abdominal pain or flaccidity
*Abdominal pain or flaccidity
==Causes of intestinal obstruction==
===Causes of intestinal obstruction===
*Compressed hair
*Compressed hair
*Intestinal neoplasia
*Intestinal neoplasia
*Diverticulosis
*Diverticulosis
Pellets of compressed hair are acquired by
===Pellets of compressed hair===
They are acquired by:
*grooming/moulting
*grooming/moulting
*Ingestion of matted hair
*Ingestion of matted hair
*Predisposed by low-fibre diets
*Predisposed by low-fibre diets
Sites and causes of obstruction
===Sites and causes of obstruction===
*Pylorus (Deeb 2000 Jenkins 2003)
*Pylorus (Deeb 2000 Jenkins 2003)
*Proximal duodenum
*Proximal duodenum
**strangulated hernia
**strangulated hernia
**diverticulosis
**diverticulosis
*ileocaecocolic junction
*Ileocaecocolic junction
**foreign bodies
**foreign bodies
**neoplasia
**neoplasia
**tapeworm cysts along attachment with small intestine
**tapeworm cysts along attachment with small intestine
NB: Severity of prognosis is directly proportional to closeness of site of obstruction to pylorus
'''NB: Severity of prognosis is directly proportional to closeness of site of obstruction to pylorus.'''
Case assessment
Case assessment