Alimentary - Cattle

Question 1

Diagnoses of “ping” in Left Flank

Answer 1

• LDA and others

Question 2

Centesis

Answer 2

• centesis - (surgery) the act of puncturing a body cavity or organ with a hollow needle in order to draw out fluid.

Question 3

Centesis over the area of the ping

(LDA)

Answer 3

• Abomasal fluid will have a pH of 2 to 3
• whereas the pH of the rumen fluid will be 6 to 8

Question 4

Conservative Treatment of LDA

Answer 4

• rolling the animal without anchoring the abomasum while providing supportive therapy
• cow is cast into right lateral recumbency and slowly rolled into dorsal recumbency while the abdomen is kneeded to correct the displaced abomasum
• hold the cow in position for several minutes and ausculation used to confirm the abomasum has returned to its original correct position

Question 5

Grymer- Sterner Toggle Technique

(LDA Treatment)

Answer 5

Question 6

Haemoptysis

Answer 6

• term for coughing up blood that comes from the lungs or bronchial tubes.
• It can range from small flecks of blood to a lot of bleeding

Question 7

Volvulus

Answer 7

• A volvulus is when a loop of intestine twists around itself and the mesentery that supports it, resulting in a bowel obstruction.
• Symptoms include abdominal pain, abdominal bloating, vomiting, constipation, and bloody stool