Hemorrhage Diseases Flashcards
ABomasal ulceration clinical signs/presentation
bruxism, sudden death, abdominal pain, melena, anemia,
What is the treatment for abomasal ulceration?
supportive care, maybe surgery, antacids
Renal causes of hemorrhage
Bracken fern, renal neoplasia, congenital renal vascular anomaly
What happens with renal hemorrhage?
blood in the urine. no way
What tests cover Extrinsic and intrinsic?
PTT is intrinsic, PT ex
What factors clottind deficiencies are out there
Factor 8 and 11, simmental hereditary thromboplasty
How do you do the PTT test to tell what is abnormal?
get normals from other cattle in the herd
Acquired hemostatic disorders include
vasculitis, thrombocytopenia, DIC, Warfarin toxicosis, moldy sweet clover
What are the mechanisms of thrombycytopenia?
decreased, production, sequestration, consumption/destruction
What all will be seen with thrombocytopenia?
petechiae, ecchymoses, prolonged buccal bleeding time,
What is thrombocytopenia associted with?
BVDV and BLV
When do we see DIC?
after sepsis or other severe conditions,
Pathogenesis of DIC
dysregulated thrombotic stimulus –> multiple thrombi –>
CLinical signs with DIC
petech/ecchy, bleed from minor hemorrhage or venipunture,
Treatment of DIC
rare practical or successful, give flunixin (inflammation), plasma/heparin?