...bloat stats out of Purdue indicate a 1300% incident increase in this country over the last three decades......Bloat and torsion, or gastric dilatation-volvulus (GDV), is second only to cancer on the canine top-killer list in this country.
I am absolutely shocked by these statistics. Has the Purdue study or any other authority offered any opinion on the cause of this dramatic increase?
(I'm wondering if part of it may be due to more cases being reported now than in the past. I think there has been an overall increase in awareness on the part of the average pet owner of the importance of veterinary care, in general, coupled with the increased availability of 24-hour emergency care.)
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Well, we all know the Purdue results .... many points, not all related.
There is certainly feeling that there has to be more: a bigger, broader factor.
I've read a boatload of theories, from birth defects to kibble.
Of course, GDV was around a long time before kibble. But did its increase coincide with kibble's? (Here's a thought: do Australia and New Zealand, where kibble is relied on much less than it is here, have our bloat statistics? Well, no, I've read that they do not. But is that causative? Has that actual study been done? Not as far as I know. And the rise in kibble use here started a couple of decades before the biggest rise in GDV cases.) And some of the birth defect theories are compelling, too. IOW, at least in what I've read, there's still no clear and compelling factor that has no "but" on the end.
All JMO, of course, and I'm not a health professional.
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"(I'm wondering if part of it may be due to more cases being reported now than in the past. I think there has been an overall increase in awareness on the part of the average pet owner of the importance of veterinary care, in general, coupled with the increased availability of 24-hour emergency care.)"
I imagine so. I'm sure many dogs suffered and died (remember that the most common time is the very-early-morning hours) and were never recorded on any vet records until, as you say, the increase in 24-hour e-vet facilities. And, probably, hugely increased GDV awareness.
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Thanks for the answer, a friends GSD had bloat surgery a year ago so this is an interesting topic for me, luckily none of my dogs have experienced it, and I hope they never do.
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