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===Diagnostic Imaging===
 
===Diagnostic Imaging===
 
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'''Survey Radiography''': Rarely helpful but findings may include:
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#In the right cranial abdomen:
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##Increased density
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##Decreased contrast
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##Decreased granularity
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#Stomach displaced to left
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#Angle widened between pyloric antrum and proximal duodenum
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#Involving the Descending duodenum:
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##Displacement to the right
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##Prescence of a medial mass
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##Gas pattern
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##Thickened walls
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#Gastric distension
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#Delayed barium passage indicating abnormal peristalsis
 
===Exploratory Laparotomy/Necropsy Findings===
 
===Exploratory Laparotomy/Necropsy Findings===
 
*The pancreas will be oedematous, soft with fibrinous attachments to surrounding organs
 
*The pancreas will be oedematous, soft with fibrinous attachments to surrounding organs
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