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Gastric Motility Disorders in Dogs and Cats

Roman Husnik1, Frédéric Gaschen2

  • 1Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, 625 Harrison Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.

The Veterinary Clinics of North America. Small Animal Practice
|November 14, 2020
PubMed

Keywords:
Critical illness-related motility disorderGastric emptyingGastrointestinalPostoperative ileusProkineticUltrasound

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