Bloat, Choke, Wires and Gluttony

Question 1

What are some differentials for a cow with excessive salivation, coughing, milking normal and not eating or drinking?

Answer 1

Rabies, Choke, Toxin, Respiratory Disease, Hardware

Question 2

If cows are salivating like the above question, what kind of PPE should you have?

Answer 2

Gloves, mask, coveralls

Question 3

What diagnostics do you want to perform on the cows found salivating, swollowing and having a hypomotile gut?

Answer 3

Pass a stomach tube, blood work

Question 4

After getting results what should the owner watch for in this cow?

Answer 4

Pneumonia (aspiration) - start on antibiotics an NSAID
reoccurrence
are they eating - AAS drench
provide lots of water

Question 5

What are your rule outs for a cow that very distended bilateral, grunting on expiration and has fecal material on perineal area?

Answer 5

Bloat, obstruction, pregnant with twins, allantois hydrops, choke

Question 6

What would you do if you had a bilateral distended cow with feces on butt?

Answer 6

Ask preg status
Pass a stomach tube
palpate/ultrasound
Abdominal tap

Question 7

What is something that may cause a cow to bloat?

Answer 7

Frothy - alfalfa

Question 8

What are some ways to treat bloat?

Answer 8

Gas - tube should allow gas out or trochar
Frothy - can tube and put detergent down, trochar or therablaot (in rumen with 8 inch 16G spinal needle, mineral oil, dish soap, permanent trocar

Question 9

Once your tube is passed, what do you need to examine on this cow?

Answer 9

Check pH of rumen fluid
Listen rumen contractions
Auscultate chest
Feel along esophagus
Feed long stem hay

Question 10

What is the follow up for frothy boat?

Answer 10

Feed Ionophore, feed hay, reduce grain, limit access to legumes

Question 11

Is the cow had bilateral distension and was in mid-late gestation what would you have at the top of your rule out and how would you treat it?

Answer 11

Twins, hydrops (must treat so doesnt rupture), let all fluid out

Question 12

Cow with membranes out vulva - 7 month calf, bull in all times. Rule out?

Answer 12

Trauma or abortion

Question 13

Cow with increased heart rate that is hard to hear and jugular veins are distended?

Answer 13

Hardware, repro, lymphoma, endocarditis with heart failure

Question 13

Ewe with 2 kids off feed and refused to stand.

Answer 13

Mastitis, metritis, parasites