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Gastric Motility Disorders (view source)
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Can affect both dogs and cats.
Can affect both dogs and cats.
==Description==
==Description==
Abnormal gastric motility has been cited as a contributing factor of conditions such as gastric dilatation-volvulus and gastric outflow obstruction that has resulted from pylorospasm. Many potential causes of gastric stasis have been proposed.
Abnormal gastric motility has been cited as a contributing factor of conditions such as gastric dilatation-volvulus and gastric outflow obstruction that has resulted from pylorospasm. Many potential causes of gastric stasis have been proposed:
*nervous inhibition due to pain or trauma
*electrolyte or acid-base imbalances
*uraemia
*hypothyroidism
*hepatic encephalopathy
==Diagnosis==
==Diagnosis==