Gastric emptying and intestinal transit times of radiopaque markers in cats fed a high-fiber diet with and without low-dose intravenous diazepam

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-8

  Chandler, Marjorie L ^a,b   Guilford, W Grant ^a   Lawoko, Charles R O ^a   Whittem, Ted ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cats; Colonic transit; Diazepam; Dietary fiber; Feline; Gastric emptying; Intestinal transit; Radiopaque markers

Indexed keywords

FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS;

APPETITE STIMULANT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAZEPAM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; COLON; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUE; SMALL INTESTINE; STOMACH EMPTYING;

ANIMALS; APPETITE STIMULANTS; CATS; COLON; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAZEPAM; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; GASTRIC EMPTYING; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0032619518     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.1999.tb01831.x     Document Type: Article

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