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Vomiting and antiemetics in small animal practice

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Vomiting is a very common clinical sign in dogs and cats. Isolated episodes of vomiting are of little significance and occur more commonly in dogs than in cats. Persistent vomiting, on the other hand, should be considered clinically abnormal and, if left untreated, will cause dehydration, hypokalaemia, hypochloraemia and a variable degree of hyponatraemia.

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  1. Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire, 23, chemin des Capelles, 31076, Toulouse Cédex, France

    Yves Ruckebusch

  2. Pharmacologie-Toxicologie, INRA, 180, chemin de Tournefeuille, 31300, Toulouse, France

    Pierre-Louis Toutain

  3. College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, 61801, Urbana, Illinois, USA

    Gary D. Koritz

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Hewett, G.R. (1983). Vomiting and antiemetics in small animal practice. In: Ruckebusch, Y., Toutain, PL., Koritz, G.D. (eds) Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6604-8_30

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