03 - disorders of the cecum

Question 1

(disorders of cecum)

Answer 1

Question 2

(disorders of cecum)

(cecal impactions)

1. any sex or breed - increased in painful hospitalized patients

2-3. what are the two types?

Answer 2

2. type 1: feed or ingesta filled cecal contents

(poor dentition and infection with anoplocephala peroliata (tapeworms) may predispose)

3. fluid filled (signs more severe, not as common)

Question 3

(disorders of cecum)

(cecal impactions)

1. Cx?

Answer 3

Question 4

(disorders of cecum)

(cecal impactions)

1. med tx?
2. sx - incison into cecum to evacuate the contents - what is this called?

Answer 4

2. typhlotomy

do cecal bypass if cecal dysmotility is suspected (recurrence or type II)

Question 5

(disorders of cecum)

(cecal tympany)

1. any sex or breed
2. secondary to increased consumption of what?

Answer 5

2. carbs (lush pasture grass or grain)

Question 6

(disorders of cecum)

(cecal tympany)

1. tx?
2. prog is good!

Answer 6

Question 7

(disorders of the cecum)

(cecal intussusception)

1. any sex, breed, or age
2. what infestatin plays a role?
3. what are two types?
4. how does tx differ btwn acute and chronic?

Answer 7

2. anoplocephala peroliata (tapeworm)
3. ileocecal or cecocolic
4. acute reducible with sx, chronic not reducible and req resection

Question 8

(disorders of the cecum)

(cecal intussusception)