In my experience these can be outwardly quite deceptive.  The degree of abdominal distention may not be pronounced. This patient presented as an ‘acute abdomen’ with haematemesis.  On ultrasonography, the stomach was mildly dilated with fluid but normally-positioned and not gas-filled. Whereas dogs with small intestinal obstruction due to foreign bodies, for example, the stomach … Continue reading Intestinal volvulus in a German Shepherd Dog