More than a peppermint needed to remedy stomach gas problems...

Gastric torsion is more likely to occur in cows and larger breeds of dogs
More than a peppermint needed to remedy stomach gas problems...

The abomasum, which is the bovine equivalent of the dog’s stomach, finds itself flipped over, with both ends twisted and effectively closed off. File Picture. 

Finn was a rather large dog, but then again, all wolfhounds are.

He was a lovable, friendly, sort of fellow, but tonight he was in a bad way.

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