Arteriovenous shunting in visceral organs was studied by simultaneous injection of 15 ± 5 and 50 ± 10 (SD) µm microspheres labelled with different isotopes into the left atrium of unanesthetized, unsedated dogs, pentobarbital anesthetized dogs, unanesthetized and unsedated dogs as well as anesthetized dogs subjected to a 1-week’s biliary stasis, and anesthetized dogs subjected to a 6-weeks’ biliary stasis. All dogs showed moderate shunting of the smaller spheres in the stomach. Dogs subjected to a 1-week’s biliary stasis demonstrated signs of shunting also in the jejunum-ileum. All anesthetized dogs, both with and without biliary obstruction, showed signs of substantial shunting outside the visceral area. In dogs subjected to a 1-week’s biliary stasis the liver blood flow was increased owing to increased flow through the hepatic artery.