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Gastric Dilation and Intestinal Obstruction – Rabbit (view source)

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*Abdominal pain or flaccidity

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==Causes of intestinal obstruction==

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===Causes of intestinal obstruction===

*Compressed hair

*Intestinal neoplasia

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*Diverticulosis

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Pellets of compressed hair are acquired by

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===Pellets of compressed hair===

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They are acquired by:

*grooming/moulting

*Ingestion of matted hair

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*Predisposed by low-fibre diets

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Sites and causes of obstruction

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===Sites and causes of obstruction===

*Pylorus (Deeb 2000 Jenkins 2003)

*Proximal duodenum

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**strangulated hernia

**diverticulosis

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*~~ileocaecocolic~~ junction

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*Ileocaecocolic junction

**foreign bodies

**neoplasia

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**tapeworm cysts along attachment with small intestine

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NB: Severity of prognosis is directly proportional to closeness of site of obstruction to pylorus

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'''NB: Severity of prognosis is directly proportional to closeness of site of obstruction to pylorus.'''

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