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Bloat and Your Dog

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Pet Safety: Gastric Dilatation-Volvulus, Otherwise known as Bloat


Bloat can be deadly. Is your dog at risk?

Gastric Dilatation-Volvulus (GVD), commonly known as “bloat” in dogs, is a very serious and dangerous health condition. Bloat occurs when a dog’s stomach becomes abnormally enlarged or distended. Stomach torsion is the abnormal positioning of the stomach which is caused by the stomach’s rotation about its axis, i.e. twisting of the stomach. Bloat usually leads to torsion, although torsion can occur without bloat. Chronic gastric volvulus (ongoing mild torsion) may not cause typical signs of GDV, but should be suspected in dogs with intermittent vomiting, weight loss, mild bloating, rumbling sounds in the bowel (borborygmi) and/or belching.

Facts about bloat:

• Dogs weighing more than 99 pounds have an approximate 20 percent risk of bloat.

• In a study done by the Perdue University Research Group, headed by Dr. Lawrence T. Glickman, the Great Dane was  the number one breed at risk for bloat.

• In 1993, a statistical study involving 134 dogs with gastric dilation and volvulus was conducted by the School of  Veterinary Medicine in Hanover, Germany. In this study, 66.4 percent of the bloated dogs were male and 33.6  percent were female.

• Most dogs with bloat are between the ages of 7 and 12 years old.

• When combined with the complications of GDV, bloat is a leading cause of death to dogs, second only to cancer. While  the exact cause of bloat is still unknown, some evidence suggests a familial association.

• A risk factor associated with death following surgery for bloat is when the dog has exhibited clinical signs of bloating  for greater than six hours before seeing a veterinarian.


Information provided by The Veterinary Information Network.

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Rescues, Shelters & Other Links

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Rescues

Adopt A Cat, Inc
Adopt a Rescued Friend
Akita Rescue, Texas
All Texas Dachshund Rescue
A New Dawn Pet Adoption
American Brittany Rescue
Austin German Shepherd Dog Rescue
Basset Buddies Rescue of Texas
Best Friends FurEver
Bluebonnet Equine Humane Society
Boston Terrier Rescue of Greater Houston
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Club of Greater Houston, Inc.
Chesapeake Bay Retriever Relief & Rescue
Chihuahua Rescue and Transport
Cocker Spaniel Rescue
Corridor Rescue, Inc
Country Hearts Hound Rescue
Dakota Rescue
Doberman Rescue Group
English Bulldog Rescue Network
English Springer Rescue America
Friends of Rescued Mastiffs
Greyhound Pets of America Houston
Great Dane Rescue of Sourtheast Texas
Great Pyrenees Rescue Society
Gulf Coast Cocker Spaniel Rescue, Inc.
Gulf Coast Exotic Bird Sanctuary
Houston Area Ferret Association
Houston Beagle Rescue
Houston Collie Rescue
Houston Lab Rescue
Houston Sheltie Sanctuary
Husky Haven Inc
Lonestar Boxer Rescue
Miniature Schnauzer Rescue of Houston
Montgomery County Animal Shelter
National Parrot Rescue and Preservation
Noah’s Ark
No Kill Houston
Project K-911
PugHearts, the Houston Pug Rescue
S.A.F.E. House Rescue & Adoption
Save Our Strays
Second Chance Poms
Shih Tzu Club of Houston
Smiling Dog Farms
South Texas Aussie Rescue
Southeast Texas Labrador Retriever Rescue
Texas Alaskan Malamute Rescue
Texas Collie Rescue
Texas Great Pyrenees Rescue Group, Inc.
Treat Em Right Rescue
Tri-State Bloodhound Rescue
VAP (Volunteers for Animal Protection)
Weimeranier Rescue of North Texas
Wild Horse Foundation
Westie Rescue Houston
Yorkie and Small Dog Rescue
Yorkshire Terrier Club of Houston
Zeke Fund Animal Rescue

Shelters

Houston Humane Society (HHS)
14700 Almeda Rd. (not Almeda Genoa)
Houston, TX 77053

713-433-6421

http://www.houstonhumane.org

E-Mail; lostandfound@houstonhumane.org

Houston SPCA

900 Portway Drive

Houston, Texas 77024

713-869-SPCA (7722)

http://www.houstonspca.org

(Has an online database for missing pets)

Citizens for Animal Protection (CAP)

11925 Katy Freeway
Houston, TX 77079-1609
(281) 497-0534

http://www.cap4pets.org

E-Mail- lostpets@cap4pets.org

(Has an online database for missing pets)

Harris County Animal Control

612 Canino Road
Houston, TX 77076-1145
(281) 999-3191

http://www.hcphes.org

(Website is updated with pets brought in at 12:15, 7:15 & 10:15 DAILY- keep checking!)

Ft. Bend County Animal services-

1210 Blume Road
Rosenberg, TX 77471

281-342-1512

http://www.fortbendcountypets.com

(Website updated daily with pets brought in)

Missouri City Animal Control

3849 Cartwright Rd
Missouri City, TX 77459-2443

(281)-403-8707.

Rosenberg Animal Control

1207 Blume Rd
Rosenberg, TX 77471-4071

(832)-595-3490.

City of Stafford Animal Control

2702 S Main St
Stafford, TX 77477-5599

(281) 261-3950?

Sugar Land Animal Services

101 Gillingham Ln
Sugar Land, TX 77478

(281) 275-2596?

 

City of Houston Animal Control

3200 Carr St
Houston, TX 77026

(713)-229-7300

Brazoria Animal Control

3602 County Road 45
Angleton, TX 77515-9575

(979)-849-5711

Dell City Humane Society inc
P.O. Box 12
Dell City TX 79837
432-207-0043

Low Cost Clinics
S.N.A.P.

http://www.snapus.org/

Spay Houston

http://www.spayhouston.org/

412F North Sam Houston Parkway East

Houston, TX 77060

Other Links

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Hotels

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Animal High Lights

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