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From: ThePuppyWizard@EarthLink.Net
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"Emily Carroll/Fluttervale" wrote in
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>
> "Michael A. Ball" wrote in message
> news:aha4t05gl3o245eds5c99h49qdnrbkfl6g@4ax.com...
> >
> > Are you saying the twisted organs are due to a sort of neuron
storm,
> > rather than physical exercise on a full stomach?
>
> I'm saying that no one knows. It can happen for many reasons.
As with
> horses, some have gastric torsion without ever going down,
others develop
> the torsion after rolling. It happens with and without a full
stomach. It
> doesn't happen every time a dog has a full stomach--even a dog
that has
> previously torsioned. Some dogs torsion without the exercise,
some only
> with the exercise. Yes--dogs that are exercised after a full
meal, of
> certain breeds, may be more prone to torsion. But it is not
unheard of or
> even "rare" for none of the traditional triggers to occur yet
the dog still
> bloats and torsions.
>
> Bloat and torsion are a symptom of a problem, not a singular
disease.
> Otherwise all dogs that bloat will always bloat every time they
eat a full
> meal.
>
> > Wow, there are many scores of web sites propagating the
> > traditional/erroneous explanation of GDV.
>
> There are also many scores of websites propogating that the mode
of
> inheritance for brindle is located on the same allele as that
for yellow,
> that doesn't make it correct.
>
> --
> Emily Carroll
> http://www.fluttervale.com/kennel - Fluttervale Labradors
> http://www.fluttervale.com/biography - Canine Biography
>
>
>
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