Fig. 4From: Gastric mucosal pathology in Belgian Shepherd dogs with and without clinical signs of gastric diseaseFlowchart showing patient recruitment, inclusion, most severe diagnosis and outcome of affected dogs. During the first phase, the answers to the survey allowed to contact owners of potential study patients. The second phase involved clinical assessment including updated anamnesis, physical examination, blood and faecal sampling. In the third phase, dogs included in the study were scoped, with biopsy sampling leading to final histopathological diagnosisBack to article page