2016 ACVIM Forum Research Abstract Program

Ambulatory light-based imaging can be used to assess gastrointestinal transit time in healthy dogs. Further studies are needed to determine its role in dogs with gastrointestinal disease. Ambulatory light-based imaging is a gastrointestinal imaging technique performed by oral administration of a fully automated camera device contained in a capsule (ALICAM) that is propelled by natural peristalsis. Gastric transit time (GTT) can be determined by visualization of the capsule's passage from the stomach into the duodenum and correlating images with the clock function of the device. The aim of this study was to use the ALI-CAM system to compare the GTT in healthy dogs with the GTT in sick dogs with clinical signs that could be consistent with gastric hypomotility.