Bovine Physical Exam Flashcards
0
Q
Heart rate
A
40-80/min
1
Q
Temp
A
100.4 - 103.1 (avg. 101.5)
2
Q
Respiration rate
A
10-30/min
3
Q
Withers pinch test
A
Normal cow will scrunch down her back. Cow with painful abdomen will not flex
4
Q
Grunt test
A
Push fists into xyphoid region. Pressure in painful cow will have a grunt.
5
Q
Drenching
A
Term for liquid medication
6
Q
Frick speculum
A
Metal tube used to deliver boluses, liquids or orogastric tube. May induce regurgitation that can occur through or around tube
7
Q
Preferred site for IM injections
A
Lateral cervical muscles (sq > im)
8
Q
Abdominocentesis
A
3-5 cm to the right of the midline
9
Q
Rumenocentesis
A
Causal to xyphoid and to the left of ventral midline
