Reticuloruminal Disorders - Bovine Flashcards
Possible causes of free gas bloat
- esophageal dysfunction
- ruminal motility dysfunction
High risk forages for frothy bloat
alfalfa
sweet clover
red clover
winter wheat
Clinical signs associated with bloat
- asymmetric abdominal distension most pronounced in left paralumbar fossa
- abdominal discomfort (kicking, biting at ab)
- increased HR and RR
- acute death in 30 min to 4 hrs
Treatment for free gas bloat
stomach tube
Treatment for frothy bloat
- Polaxalene to combine bubbles
- vegetable oil
- dactyl sodium sulfosuccinate
Types of rumen indigestion
Primary
- acute onset, due to dietary change
Secondary
- chronic
- result of other disease
Clinical signs of primary rumen indigestion
- acute anorexia
- reduced to absent rumen motility
- diarrhea within 24 hours
Clinical signs of secondary rumen indigestion
- rumination absent
- rumen underfilled
- depressed fecal production
Treatment of rumen indigestion
- mild cases self-correcting
- rumen transfaunation
- increase rumen fill
Cause of rumen acidosis
- overproduction of lactic acid
- grain overload
Clinical signs associated with rumen acidosis
- incoordination and ataxia
- profound weakness and depression
- anorexia (rumen stasis, pain, dehydration)
- laminitis
- sudden death syndrome
What happens in sub-acute ruminal acidosis?
pH drops every once in a while, then returns to normal
- never as low as acute form
Treatment of rumen acidosis
- mild cases resolve on their own
- empty rumen by oral la age or rumenotomy
- oral administration of rumen buffers
- fluids
Clinical signs associated with rumenitis
- chronic laminitis
- decreased feed consumption/weight gain
Diagnosis of ruminitis
pH of rumen fluid
Clinical signs associated with traumatic reticulopericarditis
- abduction of elbows
- washing machine murmur
- edema and jugular pulse
Diagnosis of traumatic reticulopericarditis
- grunt test (pinch withers)
- lift up on xyphoid
- increased fibrinogen, increased globulin
- increased WBCs on abdominocentesis
- mild metabolic alkalosis
- exploratory laparotomy best