I heard of several of the GSDs of the past including Scorpio
dying young from Torsion. There is no way of knowing today
what type they died of for sure. Hearsay does not prove it to be fact
so we will never know for sure. Unless breeders documented dogs of
the past of what the vet found to be the cause and is shared there it no proof.
"In regular veterinary practice, cases of bloat/torsion and mesenteric torsion
are familiar.
In bloat/torsion, a twisting of the stomach follows a rapid accumulation of
stomach gas.
In mesenteric torsion, there is a less significant buildup of gas, followed by
a twisting of the
entire small intestine at the attachment of the mesentery ligament. It now
appeared to me that
the three conditions – bloat/torsion, mesenteric torsion, and Toxic Gut
Syndrome – have similar
symptoms. However, the diseases differ in their progress. In bloat/torsion,
dogs seem to blow
up like a balloon before your eyes. With mesenteric torsion dogs exhibit a
strange, hunched-over posture. "
http://www.lapdog.co.nz/toxicgut.php
When a puppy dies from it as post modem showed there must have been a reason.
German Shepherd
Dogs are dying of bloat/torsion-mesenteric torsion everyday with the percentage
of dogs lost to it they
usually have dogs in their background lost to it too.
Studies prove regardless of age it could be build and conformation that
contribute to it.
"Genetics
In addition to breed predilection, there appears to be a genetic link to this
disease. The incidence is closely correlated to the depth and width of the
dog's chest. Several different genes from the parents determine these traits.
If both parents have particularly deep and narrow chests, then it is highly
likely that their offspring will have deep and narrow chests and the resulting
problems that may go with it. This is why in particular breeds we see a higher
incidence in certain lines, most likely because of that line's particular chest
conformation.
http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?c=2+2090&aid=402
Theresa
scenecrest.geo@xxxxxxxxx
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On Tue, 2/9/16, Kathryn Springer <KathrynSpringer@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I think we have to be
careful in discussing this subject as Mesenteric torsion is
different that gastric torsion. In gastric the stomach and
sometimes the spleen has twisted and in mesenteric it is the
mesentaric root that torsions and by the time this is
diagnosed it is 90% too late to save the dog. Mesenteric
often presents with bloody vomit and diarrhea while I
don't think that is the case in gastric at least not in
the case of the one dog I had in the 80s that had gastric
torsion at age 8 or 10 and lived to be 12+. Gastric
torsion has a much higher survival rate if caught in
time.
I had always heard
that Scorpio progeny tended to have gastric torsion.
Just want to make
sure in discussing this important topic that we are talking
about the same type of torsion, both of which are terrible
for sure.
Kay
Springer
On Feb 9, 2016, at 3:24 PM, (Redacted
sender "ELG440" for DMARC) wrote:
We had two Scorpio
sons who torsioned. One of them I was in the operating
room while the Vet did the surgery, and I held the
intestines in my arms as he straightened them out. He
claimed the root was too long and that is what caused
it.
I don't have any knowledge, but am
only repeating what I was told, what I have heard, and
what I saw.
Evan
In a message dated 2/9/2016 11:27:08 A.M. Pacific
Standard Time, marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
writes: then it has been 'stretched'
by the torsion. Makes it difficult to know
if it
was too loose beforehand so as to allow
the gut to swing and flip.....or the torsion caused
the excess length and looseness?
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