The passive process of ejecting food from the esophagus. This process is indicative of esophageal disease.
What is regurgitation?
If the teeth were numbered by the amount of money the tooth fairy would pay you for said tooth. The lower right adult canine tooth would be worth this many dollars.
What is 404$?
Arguably the most important type of contractions, these secondary contractions cause this to occur.
What is eructation?
80% of the blood supply but only 50% of the oxygen supply comes from this vessel.
(to the liver)
What is the portal vein?
This GI disease of young birds has a 30-50% mortality rate in pheasants.
What is Rotavirus?
2/3 skeletal muscle and 1/3 smooth muscle. This esophagus belongs to this fluffy beast.
What is a cat?
Any oral neoplasia in a cat is considered this until proven otherwise.
What is SCC?
hardware disease, chronic inflammation of the mediastinum and decreased vagal tone to the rumen cause the rumen to take on this paddle/L- shape.
What is vagal indigestion?
The demographic of dogs that get portosystemic shunts.
What is little dogs?
Kidney necrosis, poor growth and death in chicks as young as 7 days - 4 weeks.
What is Avian Nephritis Virus?
What is metaclopramide?
Police would certainly shoot up this oral tumor, which also happens to be the most common cancer of the mouth in dogs.
What is melanoma?
A swelling in the left paralumbar fossa, decreased palpebral reflex and lack of eructation is pathopneumonic.
What is grain bloat/rumen acidosis?
Gradual closure of the offending vessel, not acute ligation, is how you treat this.
What is PSS?
This virus causes weak white chicks.
What is chicken Astrovirus?
Its a tough pill to swallow but its tougher if you have this parasite, which causes granulomas in the esophagus.
What is spirocirca lupi?
These benign growths of the oral cavity can invade bone. They are also known by the name "epulis"
what is acanthomatous ameloblastoma? (type of fibroma)
Of the two types of displaced abomasum, this one is a true emergency.
What is RDA?
Medical management of a gallbladder mucocele.
What is ursodiol, SAMe, Abx?
Crazy chick disease is caused by low vitamin this.
What is vitamin E?
EC, CRTZ and peripherally acting, this drug is widely used as an effective antiemetic. It goes by the trade name "Cerenia"
What is maropitant?
The surfaces of two incisors that face midline would be described with this term.
What is mesial?
What is hypochloremia, hypokalemia and metabolic alkylosis?
Recognized by a kiwi-fruit or stellate appearance on AUS.
What is a gallbladder mucocele?
Tumor of the bursa is almost pathopneumonic for this disease
What is lymphoid leukosis?