Bovine PE

Question 1

Normal temperature range for adult cow?

Answer 1

100.5-102.5 degrees F

Question 2

Normal heart rate range for adult cow?

Answer 2

60-80 bpm

Question 3

Normal respiratory rate range for adult cow?

Answer 3

20-40 bpm

Question 4

Bovine PE should go front to back or back to front?

Answer 4

Back to front

Question 5

Normally palpable lymph nodes for bovine?

Answer 5

Submandibular (under mandible), prescapular (shoulder), subiliac/prefemoral (in front of hip), supramammary (udder)

Question 6

Lung fields are smaller/larger in bovine compared to equine.

Answer 6

Smaller, d/t huge rumen

Question 7

Borders of bovine lung field?

Answer 7

Point of elbow, top of scapula, halfway to last rib.

Question 8

Which side of cow is the rumen on?

Answer 8

Left side

Question 9

Where is the best location to listen to rumen contractions on a cow?

Answer 9

Paralumbar fossa

Question 10

When ballotting the rumen, what material is more dorsal and what material is more ventral?

Answer 10

Dorsal - fiber mat, ventral - fluid mat

Question 11

Which side do you normally ping a cow? What are the start and end landmarks.

Answer 11

Left side - check for left displaced abomasum
Start - tuber coxae
End - point of elbow

Question 12

Heart is very cranial/caudal in the cow.

Answer 12

Cranial - hiding behind tricep

Question 13

Withers pinch checks for what in cows? Normal response?

Answer 13

Ventral abdominal pain, normal response = drop down

Question 14

Vessel to feel pulse in cow?

Answer 14

Ventral coccygeal a. (Tail)