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Left abomasal displacement and ulceration in an eight‐week‐old calf
Author(s) -
HAWKINS C. D.,
FRASER D. M.,
BOLTON J. R.,
WYBURN R. S.,
McGILL C. A.,
PEARSE B. H. G.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
australian veterinary journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1751-0813
pISSN - 0005-0423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1986.tb02923.x
Subject(s) - abomasum , medicine , regurgitation (circulation) , displacement (psychology) , surgery , cattle diseases , rumen , veterinary medicine , biology , psychology , food science , fermentation , psychotherapist
SUMMARY 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.