Common flaws in rabbit GI stasis management
During this dvm360® interview, Dr Laila Proenca details errors made when rabbit patients present with this gastrointestinal syndrome
In this dvm360® interview at the Atlantic Coast Veterinary Conference in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Laila Proenca, MV, DVM, MS, PhD, DACZM, CEO and founder of VetAhead, highlighted common flaws involved in diagnosing and treating gastrointestinal (GI) stasis in rabbits.
The following is a partial transcript of the video.
Laila Proenca, MV, DVM, MS, PhD, DACZM: One of the big flaws is using Metoclopramide and Cisapride. And I know that's going to be very unpopular. And a lot of you are saying like, 'Oh, she's crazy. This is like what I've seen done.' But guess what, that's what we're going to be talking [about] today. They don't work, at least at the doses and the frequency that have been studied, which is, I'm pretty sure is what you use in your practice.
