Gastroenterology

Practical pointers from a hands-on course on performing common gastrointestinal surgeries.

One capsule, and you can explore your veterinary patients entire gastrointestinal system.

If ultrasonography is the hot guy you met online, abdominal radiography is your adorable high school sweetheart. Metaphors aside, Dr. Anthony Pease says abdominal radiographs are a rapid, readily available method to give a valuable overview of the abdomen.

Save a life! Share these videos with your clients with dogs at-risk for GDV.

Persistence in finding the cause and crafting a solution can help keep owners content and pets in their homes.

With close to a million reported cases annually, equine colic is responsible for more deaths than any other disease group-except old age. Learn how doctors are rapidly assessing and treating this condition.

This potentially deadly surgical complication is preventable. Let this case report remind you aboutand reinforce the importance ofcounting surgical sponges.

A study looks at whether cats with chronic kidney disease are more likely to develop gastric pathology as a result of uremia.

A contrast enema study helped clinicians detect an intestinal stricture in this exotic pet. See how this diagnostic step can help your reptile patients with similar signs.

Help clients understand the importance of investigating frequent vomiting and hairballs in cats by downloading this free handout.

Dr. Lindsay Ruland's clients, staff--even her children--experience symptoms she says seem related to canine condition reported in Ohio and Michigan.

The University of Minnesota Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory began accepting test samples mere months after the PEDV outbreak began.

A Y-U pyloroplasty is a great technique for treating this condition-when done with the utmost care and precision.

Veterinarian recognized for clinical work in liver disease, gastroenterology and endoscopy.

New research stresses the need to explore a medical component to what you might think is solely a behavior problem.

Dr. Elisa Mazzaferro says not to dread seeing these patients, because you can make a difference.

A reader inquires about the efficacy of the invagination technique.

Add a little contrast to help you find your diagnosis.

Veterinary strategies on fighting this all-too-common and life-threatening condition in horses.

Can you determine why Tupper can't handle his supper?

New research in dogs has been conducted to see if early feeding in cases of severe acute pancreatitis is well-tolerated.

Find out from Drs. Pete VanVranken and Richard Ford in our Specialist in the Spotlight video series.

Recent research has looked into the effectiveness of gastric acid suppression of famotidine, two omeprazole formulations and a placebo.

Should biopsy samples be routinely collected from the duodenum and ileum in dogs with clinical signs suggestive of concurrent small and large bowel diarrhea?

In this interactive case, see if you can help Roscoe, a hunting dog experiencing intermittent vomiting.

A look at the role of dietary fat in chronic diarrhea in cats.

The most common appearance of generalized megaesophagus.

A variation to a routine closed castration in horses.

Identifying characteristics of esophageal leiomyoma.

The vomiting center may be directly or indirectly stimulated.