Mesenteric Torsion

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mariette asselbergs — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:16:43 GMT

I have seen it in a one month old dairy calf which had been well untill the night before it was found dead.

Also last month in a sea lion, well in the morning and found drowned on the bottom of the tank 2 hours later, with a mesenteric torsion on PM.

Interesting the connection with EPI, will keep it in mind....!

Mariette

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Charlotte Marshall — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:52:30 GMT

We had one last year as well, that was a GSD too. They seem over represented in this sample!

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Thomas Johnson — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:57:09 GMT

We had one last year in a one year old labrador, it had surgery to remove a gastric foreign body 3 months before and to remove a small intestinal foreign body 2 months afterwards... It has now been exported to South Africa so someone else will be removing its foreign bodies!

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Nicola Lawlor — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:25:43 GMT

No idea on underlying cause but the one case I dealt with was in a young flat coat retriever. Litter mate in same household and several years on no signs of anything like that happening to this dog. The dog did survive surgery but lost quite a length of small intestine and had long term gut issues intermittantly, and was eventually euthanased a few years on.

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Lorna McHardy — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:01:24 GMT

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I have only ever seen one thus far. Was in an 11 week old GSD pup. It had been playing in the garden whilst the owner was gardening, then collapsed. Was rushed in to us and died before we could much to it. Diagnosed at post mortem. Poor little mite!

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That's just horrible. I hate cases like that :0((

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Sandra Milburn — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 18:02:52 GMT

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Claire Godfrey — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 15:44:41 GMT

Ah thanks,

Think I must be a little unlucky, this is the third one I've seen in 4 years in practice.

This was a 6 year old weimaraner, vomitted twice in the last 24hours. No previous history of any illness, no diet change apparent. Involved all large intestine so no chance for surgery. Just such a shock for the owners.

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Judith Joyce — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:00:46 GMT

J Am Vet Med Assoc. 1989 Nov 15;195(10):1404-6.

Mesenteric torsion in dogs with exocrine pancreatic insufficiency: 21 cases (1978-1987).

Westermarck E, Rimaila-Pärnänen E.

Source

Department of Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Veterinary Institute, Helsinki, Finland.

Abstract

Mesenteric torsion was diagnosed in 21 of 199 German Shepherd Dogs suffering from exocrine pancreatic insufficiency. Eight dogs were euthanatized at the request of the owners; 4 dogs died at home before any treatment for mesenteric torsion was initiated. Surgery was performed on 9 dogs, all of which died during recovery from anesthesia.

Not a good diagnosis. The next one I fix will be the first.

Malcolm N

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Evelyn Barbour-Hill — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 22:06:20 GMT

The only two I can remember much about:

The first I ever saw was a German Shepherd. It was after two gastric torsions in different dogs on successive nights, all at the same breeder. There had been some minor change in diet, although I cannot remember what.

Another was a farm collie. Unfortunately the senior partner (this was a long time ago) was involved, and although I did a brilliant surgical correction he would not let me start any intravenous fluid ("they're just ordinary folk, they can't afford that"). The dog died, of course. There was no identifiable change in diet involved.

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Julian Earl — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 21:38:45 GMT

We had one about a year or so ago, a middle-aged GSD. That's the only one I've ever seen.

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Catherine Hemingway — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 19:23:37 GMT

I've only ever seen one. Dog was a middle aged, female entire lab. She had previously been in good health.

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Jillian Hall — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 18:17:11 GMT

The only one I've seen had had prior surgery for a FB, so I thought maybe the adhesions had contributed. But it also had EPI which is a risk factor, although Im not sure exactly how EPI is involved.

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Mark Naguib — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 13:38:34 GMT

By no means statistically significant in the slightest, and of no use to you at all, but I've had a massive Great Dane with a severe mesenteric torsion that occurred in conjunction with a GDV (At exactly the same time as a bitch caesar in the middle of the night I should add! :P). I've spoken to others who have seen both occur together.

Mark

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Hannah Wynne Richards — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 10:05:59 GMT

Don't know but extrapolating ? deep bodied ? flatulence and rolling

Wynne