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BOX 26-2 Manufacturers of Products for Enteral Nutritional Support Au6

A: feeding tubes (a: nasojejunal feeding tubes) (800) 535-8387
B: feeding products www.eukanuba.com
C: guide wires, placement devices, or placement kits Jorgensen Laboratories [A, C]
D: enteral feeding pumps 1450 N. Van Buren Ave.
Abbott Laboratories—Animal Health [A, B, C]* Loveland, CO 80538
100 Abbott Park Rd (970) 669-2500
Abbott Park, IL 60064 (800) 525-5614
(847) 937-6100 www.jorvet.com
(888) 299-7416 Kendall Healthcare Products (Now part of Covidien)
http://www.abbottanimalhealth.com/ [A, a, C, D]*
http://abbottnutrition.com/ (Ross Products) 15 Hampshire St.
Bard Medical Division [A, C] Mansfield, MA 02048
8195 Industrial Blvd. (800) 962-9888
Covington, GA 30014 http://www.kendallhealthcare.com/
(770) 784-6100 MILA International, Inc. [A, a; low profile devices]*
(800) 526-4455 7604 Dixie Hwy.
http://www.bardmedical.com/ Florence, KY 41042
Bard Access Systems, Inc. [A, C; low profile devices] (859) 371-1772
605 North 5600 West http://milainternational.com
Salt Lake City, UT 84116 Merit Medical [C]*
(801) 522-5000 1600 West Merit Parkway
(800) 545-0890 South Jordan, Utah 84095
http://www.bardaccess.com (800) 35-MERIT
Hill’s Pet Nutrition [B] (801) 253-1600
P.O. Box 148 http://www.merit.com/
Topeka, KS 66601-0148 Smiths Medical North America [A, B, C; gastrostomy
(800) 548-8387 tube introduction set]
(800) 445-5777 N7W22025 Johnson Drive
www.hillspet.com Waukesha, WI 53186
Iams Company [B] (262) 513-8500
7250 Poe Avenue http://www.surgivet.com/index.html
Dayton, OH 45414

*The authors preferred companies for enteral nutrition products.

A B
Figure 26-4 Position of head during nasogastric intubations. (From Abood SK, Buffington CA. Improved
nasogastric intubation technique for administration of nutritional support in dogs. J Am Vet Med Assoc
1991;199:577–579.)

static angle of articulation to avoid tracheal intubation, as the nasal planum is pressed upward (Figure 26-4).
the tube is passed through the nose of the patient by For doliocephalic dogs greater than 25 lb, pushing the
directing it caudomedially, then ventrally and caudally tip of the nose upward in dogs, as the tube is passed,