Dietary type and/or components cause gastric dilation and volvulus

• Gastric dilation and volvulus(GDV) Stomach: gastric dilatation / volvulus (GDV) syndrome = rapid, abnormal stomach distension, often with stomach rotation, which typically occurs after eating a meal followed by a large volume of water or exercise.
• Underlying cause not known, many postulated:
  • Genetic predisposition.
  • Dietary management practices - see below.
  • Diet type and composition.
  • Intrinsic abnormalities, eg increased serum gastrin or altered gut motilty.
• Current theories propose a functional defect that prevents normal gastric motility and emptying.
  
  Dietary management practices
• Size and number of meals increases susceptibility.
• Most cases occur on a full stomach.
• Feeding one large meal per day seems to lead to increased gastric distension but not to changed gastric motilty.
• No data implicates diet composition as a cause.
• Intragastric soaking of dry food caused no problems in studies.

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• Recent references from PubMed and VetMedResource.