The Collie Club Of America. Versatility Awards Program. The CCA versatility awards program is designed to recognize Collies which have distinguished themselves in both the breed ring and in AKC recognized performance events. These dogs possess the conformation, temperament, intelligence, and herding and working capabilities which represent the essential characteristics of the breed.
1. Belly Pain. The gallbladder is a little sac, or storage compartment, for bile, which is produced by the liver. The gallbladder emits bile into the small intestines via a duct referred to as the cystic duct. The entire process is meant to break down foods (namely fatty foods).
Pathological causes of a small gallbladder Most pathologically contracted gallbladders contain stones. When the gallbladder cannot be identified, try scanning transversely through the gallbladder fossa, just caudal to the porta hepatis.\ Radiology 49 \\ No comments. Do not confuse the appearances of a previous cholecystectomy, when bowel in the gallbladder fossa casts a shadow, with a contracted, stone-filled. gallbladder. A less common cause of a small gallbladder is the microgallbladder associated with cystic fibrosis (Fig. bellow).