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. 2009 May 15:208–246. doi: 10.1016/B0-72-168903-5/50014-8

TABLE 9-2.

Major Causes of Chronic Vomiting in Dogs and Cats

  • Obstructive Disease

  • Foreign objects (especially common)

  • Intussusception

  • Neoplasia (gastric or intestinal)

  • Pyloric stenosis

  • Gastric antral mucosal hyperplasia

  • Inflammatory infiltrates (gastric or intestinal)

  • Chronic partial gastric volvulus

  • Idiopathic hypomotility of stomach/intestines

  • (physiologic obstruction) (rare)

  • Congenital structural abnormalities (rare)

  • Inflammatory Disease

  • Inflammatory bowel disease (common)

  • Pancreatitis (common)

  • Chronic gastritis

  • Gastrointestinal (GI) ulceration/erosion

  • Peritonitis (sterile or septic)

  • Pharyngitis (caused by upper respiratory virus in cats)

  • Parasites (e.g., Physaloptera)

  • Systemic (extraalimentary tract diseases stimulating the

  • chemoreceptor trigger zone and/or vagal afferents) (common)

  • Hepatic disease/insufficiency

  • Hypoadrenocorticism

  • Diabetic ketoacidosis

  • Uremia

  • Hypercalcemia

  • Cholecystitis

  • Pyometra

  • Miscellaneous Causes

  • Feline hyperthyroidism (common)

  • Feline heartworm disease (questionable)

  • Central nervous system (CNS) disease (e.g., limbic

  • epilepsy, tumor, encephalitis, or increased

  • intracranial pressure) (rare)

  • Psychotic or behavioral changes (rare)

  • Early congestive heart failure (questionable)