Dr. Riscoe

Question 1

Left displaced abomasum

Answer 1

Abomasum gets full of gas like a balloon, cow doesn’t eat, rumen shrinks, and abomasum slips under rumen onto left side

Question 2

Right displaced abomasum

Answer 2

Abomasum gets distended with gas and no longer fits under rumen

EMERGENCY because most will have a torsion within a few hours

Question 3

C section

Answer 3

Third common surgery in cow (after LDA and RDA)

Regardless of what horn pregnancy is in, best is to incise on left side

Question 4

Where is the incision made for cow surgeries

Answer 4

Paralumbar fossa

Boundaries:

Dorsal- transverse process and iliocostalis muscle

Cranial- last rib

Caudal- tuber coxae

Ventral- tendon and external and internal abdominal oblique

Question 5

What nerves should you block

Answer 5

T13, L1, L2

Question 6

Paravertebral block

Answer 6

Palpate transverse processes of vertebrae and inject lidocaine above and below

Disadvantage- block everything you can because you cant know for sure which nerve is what

Question 7

Line block

Answer 7

Inject perpendicular to skin, all the way to needle hub

Make a line by your incision

Disadvantage- may inhibit wound healing

Question 8

What layers do you cut through

Answer 8

Skin
Fascia
External abdominal oblique
Internal abdominal oblique
Transversus abdominus
Peritoneum

Question 9

Inverted L block

Answer 9

Third way to nerve block

Question 10

Epidural

Answer 10

Just have to get somewhere between C1 and C5