Stupid Question....

[nettie]

What does Distended mean?

What does it refer to? in what cases does the stomach become disstended?

 

[justhatchin]

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What are you referring to? What animal?

 

[nettie]

to ducks? I'm assuming feamles ducks... I've heard people talk about it, usually when refering to a female duck who's laying.

Here's another, what is an Imacted crop?

 

[andehens]

dis·tend (d -st nd )
v. dis·tend·ed, dis·tend·ing, dis·tends
v.intr.
To swell out or expand from or as if from internal pressure.
v.tr.
1. To cause to expand by or as if by internal pressure; dilate.
2. To extend.

Good article on crop impaction at:

http://www.poultryhelp.com/impactedcrop.html
“This happens when feed is "stuck" in the crop and the chicken can't "swallow" or pass the feed on down to the proventriculous and gizzard.”