RADIOGRAPHY OF THE BOVINE CRANIOVENTRAL ABDOMEN |
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Authors: | Beth Paugh Partington DVM MS David S. Biller DVM |
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Affiliation: | Department of Surgical Sciences, Section of Radiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706. |
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Abstract: | This study consists of a review of 115 consecutively accrued bovine cranial abdomial radiographs. The sensitivity and specificity of radiography in detecting traumatic reticuloperitonitis or pericarditis was 83% and 90%, respectively. Increased reticular size was associated with vagal indigestion. Increased reticulo-diaphragmatic separation did not correlate with a specific disease process, 25/35 (71%) cattle presented for radiographic examination with a 1 cm or longer metallic reticular foreign body unattached to a magnet had traumatic reticuloperitonitis. Standing lateral abdominal radiographs were determined to be a valuable tool in the diagnosis of cranial abdominal disorders in the bovine. |
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Keywords: | bovine abdomen radiography traumatic reticuloperitonitis hardware disease |
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