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Please note. The new 3rd edition of the BSAVA Guide to Procedures in Small Animal Practice is now available here.
Diagnostic peritoneal lavage is indicated in the presence of a small volume of abdominal effusion that cannot be sampled by abdominocentesis or where there is suspicion of abdominal disease but not peritoneal fluid is visible.
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