Gastric impaction in a 7-month-old Rottweiler: a postmortem examination
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2023-11
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College of Veterinary Medicine, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Nigeria
Abstract
A dead seven-month-old female Rottweiler dog was presented to the necropsy unit of the University of Ilorin Veterinary
Teaching hospital for post-mortem examination. The owner complained of vomiting, salivating, and restlessness prior to the
death of the dog. The stomach was filled with black polythene materials at necropsy, weighing 3 Kg. The gastric mucosa was
hyperaemic with the right lobes of the lungs severely congested. The heart was globous with prominent coronary vessels. The
liver showed areas of diffused necrosis with a slightly enlarged left kidney. Based on the above findings, it was diagnosed as a
case of gastric obstruction from nylon. The cause and pathogenesis of gastric impaction are discussed
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Gastric, mucosa, necropsy, hypereamia, polythene