Bovine GI diseases Flashcards
Is this a parasite or not?
Yes, it is TAPEWORM eggs
Moniezia eggs: found in young cattle
-Oribatid mites, live in the soil
Mucosal folds less than normal shiny, thousands of larvae, 3 year old cow post-mortem. Name the likely disease associated with cause of death
Type II Ostertagiasis
Cobblestone abomasum appearance Moroccan leather
Ddx
Type II Haemonchus contortus: but it causes anemia
Traumatic reticuloperitonitis, what does abdominal fluid contain?
Large amounts of fibrin
5mg/dl protein
WBC count ~200,000/uL mostly neutrophils
Salmonellosis, which age group is most susceptible?
Fresh cow group
-LPS endotoxins
-Scleral injection: enlarged and dark scleral vessels
-Watery green/brown feces are foul and fetid smelling
What is Magnesium oxide used for?
Treatment of rumen acidosis
It becomes Mg OH, increases rumen pH
What is “calf hood disease”?
Bovine papular stomatitis
Parapox viruses
Ddx
-BVD
Actinobacillus Lingieresii
“Wooden tongue”
Tx
IV sodium iodide 5-20% concentration
7-10 days repeat once
Total parenteral nutrition for a 15 day old calf, what should it include?
1L mixture of
-Lipids 10% per day
-Amino acids 10%
-Glucose 50%
Free gas bloat in young feedlot cattle, what are classic c/s?
Type 1 vagal indigestion
Swollen mediastinal LNs caused by bacterial broncho-pneumonia
Tx
-Temporary rumen fistula
What is the holding layer when suturing closed a right paramedian incision in a cow and to prevent dehiscence or herniation?
The external rustic fascia is the strongest layer and careful closure is critical for preventing dehiscence. Interrupted sutures best
What is type 2 vagal indigestion?
Failure of abomasal transport
Usually from traumatic reticuloperitonitis
Papple can also be vagal indigestion from hardware disease
C/S
-Scant feces but normal in appearance
-Poor milk production
-Increased HR, temp, RR
Enlarged and fluid filled rumen, poor motility
Blackberry jam feces, colic signs, palpate a sausage-shaped mass. Dx?
Intessusception
