Have you ever read or heard the phrase “dog bloat”? Bloat in dogs is a life-threatening, fast-moving emergency. Also called ...

Q:My standard poodle Rosie was active and alert. Then 12 hours later after surgery for torsion she was dead. She was 2 years old. I am committed to this breed but am terrified to get another one. What ...

"Simpsons" jokes aside about finding a dog "with an untwistable stomach," bloat is a serious if not fatal condition often seen in larger breed dogs. Bloat, sometimes referred to as a twisted stomach, ...

Gastric dilation and volvulus, commonly shortened to GDV or “bloat,” is a life-threatening condition in dogs that occurs when the stomach twists or rotates. This rotation can restrict blood flow to ...

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A team of Michigan State University veterinary medicine scientists will try to figure out what's causing canine bloat, one of the biggest – and most mysterious – killers of dogs. Lead researcher Laura ...