Left abomasal displacement and ulceration in an eight-week-old calf |
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Authors: | C D HAWKINS D M FRASER J R BOLTON R S WYBURN C A McGILL B H G PEARSE |
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Institution: | School of Veterinary Studies, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia 6150 |
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Abstract: | Left displacement of the abomasum was diagnosed radiographically in an 8-week-old female Friesian calf. At surgery, a 4 cm ulcer was repaired and an abomasopexy performed during closure of the abdomen. Recovery from surgery was slow, and regurgitation of rumen contents occurred. Despite medical treatment, the calf died 4 days later. Left abomasal displacement is a well documented disease of dairy cattle (Robertson 1968; Coppock 1974; Martin et al 1978a; Poulsen 1976), but in young calves the condition is rare (Dirksen 1981). This report describes a case of left abomasal displacement with ulceration in an 8-week-old female Friesian calf. |
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