Op mijn forum heb ik vanuit verschillende onderzoeken opsommingen staan die bijdragen aan de risico's op maagtorsie.
Een aantal daarvan zijn direct voedingsgerelateerd, zoals soja, citroenzuren, vetten en graan uit brokvoeding. De meeste maagtorsies komen op de nuchtere maag voor, dus niet direct na het eten maar in diepe rust. Maagtraining is belangrijk en dat bereik je alleen door een soortgerichte voeding te verstrekken. Wat de brok betreft, is alles 'groter dan 30 mm' ook aan risico's verbonden voor wat betreft die inhoud er van.
Mijn honden eten 1x per dag op verschillende tijden, behalve 's ochtends en zeker 1 vastendag in de week.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals, Utrecht, The NetherlandsA case-control study was conducted to investigate whether age, gender, neuter status, type of food, feeding frequency, food intake time, interval between feeding and exercise, duration of exercise and overall physical activity were risk factors for gastric dilatation volvulus (GDV) in the great dane. The sample population consisted of 38 great danes with acute GDV (cases) and 71 great danes owned by members of the Dutch Great Dane Association (controls). Information on the risk factors was collected by using clinical data in combination with a questionnaire, and the data were analysed by backward stepwise conditional logistic regression analysis. Dogs fed a diet containing particles of food > 30 mm in size (kibble and/or dinner and/or home-prepared food with large pieces of meat) had a lower risk of GDV than dogs fed a diet containing only particles< 30 mm in size (kibble or dinner and/or canned meat and/or home-prepared food cut into small pieces or ground in a food processor). Increasing age was also a risk factor for GDV. Gender, neuter status, feeding frequency, food intake time, the interval between feeding and exercise, the duration of exercise, and overall physical activity were not identified as risk factors.
Feeding a diet including large pieces of meat may help to reduce the incidence of GDV in great danes.
Bron http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9699253&adopt=abstract
During the past 30 years there has been a 1,500 percent increase in the incidence of bloat, and this has coincided with the increased feeding of dry dog foods. There is a much lower incidence of bloat in susceptible breeds in Australia and New Zealand. Feeding practices in these countries have been found to be less dependent on dry foods.
As for feeding one large meal a day, this can weigh down the stomach and stretch the hepatogastric ligament, which usually maintains the stomach's normal position in the abdomen. Dogs that have bloated were found to have a much longer hepatogastric ligament; it is thought that this is due to chronic stretching. This could also explain why bloat risk increases with age.
Several popular theories regarding bloat were not substantiated during the study. There was no correlation of bloat risk to exercise before or after eating, as most dogs bloated in the middle of the night with an empty, gas-filled stomach. There was also no correlation to vaccinations, to the brand of dog food consumed, or to the timing or volume of water intake before or after eating.
Bron: http://www.vin.com/proceedings/Proceedings.plx?CID=TUFTSBG2003&PID=5091&O=Generic