1Academic Consultant, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Pookode
Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Pookode, Wayanad-673 576 (Kerala)
2Professor and Head, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Pookode
3Professor and Head (Retd.), Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy.
4Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy.
5Professor, Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy.
A double contrast study of canine stomach with oral barium sulphate 25% (3 mL/kg b.wt) followed by air (2 to 10 mL/kg b.wt, negative contrast) after sedation with triflupromazine (2 mg/kg b.wt, i.m.) was done in six clinical cases of dogs to study the affections of stomach. Double contrast radiography with barium sulphate and air was found effective for identifying various details of the gastric mucosa.
Air, Barium, Dog, Double contrast radiography, Stomach