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Rumen
80 % on left
Reticulum
middel and a Lille left
6-9 ics
Xiphoid region
Abomasum
ventrally in contact with abdominal wall
Cow abdomen percussion
upper third = mild tympanic
Lower 2/3rd = dull
Hoflund syndrom
Something (like an enlarged liver) presses the vagus nerve
Stenosis
bloat
Froathy creamy rumen content
Omasum
6-7 ics deep
Reticulum pain tests
- zone test
- back grip
- Knee to elbow to xiphoid
- Pole test
- pain percussion
Abomasal displacement
Left 90% of time
auscultation = spontaneous tinkling sounds
+ ballotation = splashing
+ percussion = metallic
Horse stomach location
left
10-15 ics
Horse cecum location
right
para lumbar fossa a bit dorsally
Cattle T
38-39
Calf T
38,5-39,5
Sheep and goat T
38,5-39,5
Lamb T
38,5-40
Horse T
37-38
Foal T
37,5-38,5
Pig T
38,5-39,5
Piglet T
39-40
Cattle heart rate
60-80 beats/min
Calf heart rate
70-90 b/min
Horse heart rate
28-42 b/min
Sheep goat and pig heart rate
60-80 b/min
Resp rate Cattle
10-30 breaths/min
Calf Resp rate
20-40 breaths / min
horse Resp rate
10-18 breaths/min
sheep and goat Resp rate
16-30 breaths/min
Pig Resp rate
20-55 breaths/min
Rumen contractions
7-16 in 5 min
Horse palpable Ln
- mandibular
2. superficial inguinal
Horse palpable Ln only when enlarged
- lateral retropharyngeal
- Prescapular
- ileosacral and mesenteric rectally
Cattle palpable Ln
- mandibular
- prescapular
- superficial inguinal
- subiliac
- mammary
cattle palpable Ln only when enlarged
- lateral retropharyngeal
- parotid
- ileosacral and mesenteric rectally
sheep and goat palpable Ln
- prescapular
2. superficial inguinal
swine palpable Ln
superficial inguinal
Normal mucous membrane
pink shiny moist intact smooth
mucosa abnormal colors
pale= anemia yellow=icterus (eq no gall bladder a little is normal) dark red= dehydrated bright red=grass sickness Cherry Red= CO toxicoses Blue= hypoxia cyanosis Chocolate brown = met Hg dirty red= endotoxaemia purple around incisors
heave lines
horizontal lines on the ventral abdomen when abdominal breathing
sign of RAO
Eq stimulated cough
intensive sharp high short dry painless snapping does not recur
Cattle stimulated cough
medium intensive medium deep more dull held dry painless UNsnapping does not recur