News-Gazette (April 19) – Great Danes, Doberman pinschers, and other giant breeds with deep-chested conformation are at risk for gastric dilatation-volvulus, or GDV, also known as bloat. “By the time we see them in the ER, the stomach is already distended and rotated,” says Dr. Canaan Shores, a small-animal urgent care veterinarian at the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital. “It can become life-threatening very quickly.”
Barrel-chested Dogs Susceptible to Bloat
