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- Title
Laparoscopy assisted abomasal cannulation in cadavers of bovine fetuses.
- Authors
Gurgel, Heytor Jales; de Oliveira Monteiro, Francisco Décio; Barroso, João Pedro Monteiro; de Sousa, Loise Araújo; dos Santos, Gabriela Melo Alves; da Cunha Rossy, Kayan; da Silva, Verena Siqueira; do Espirito Santo Fernandes, Camila; Silva, Carla Rozilene Guimarães; dos Santos Albuquerque, Rodrigo; Borges, Luisa Pucci Bueno; Araújo, Luiz Henrique Vilela; dos Santos, Daniele Lira; da Câmara Barros, Felipe Farias Pereira; Teixeira, Pedro Paulo Maia
- Abstract
Background: Due to the complexity of ruminant digestion, cannulation of organs of the digestive tract has been carried out in order to advance the understanding of digestive physiology, nutrient degradability, gastrointestinal diseases and biotechnological research. The abomasal cannulation is interesting for nutritional studies, especially in suckling calves, to obtain fluid and abomasal content, evaluation of abomasal flow and function, and infusion of nutrients and drugs when it is intended to reach high concentrations in the organ. Conventionally, access and cannulation of digestive organs of ruminants has been performed by laparotomy, a method often criticized and classified as cruel by some sectors related to ethics and animal welfare. The aim of this present study is to describe and standardize a minimally invasive by laparoscopy assisted abomasal cannulation in bovine fetuses (cadavers), which had been previously slaughtered by accident and would be discarded in local slaughterhouses. Results: The abomasal cannulation technique was feasible, simple and did not present major difficulties. The surgical time for cannulation of the abomasum, from the insertion of the trocars to the completion of the technique with fixation of the organ to the abdominal wall, ranged from 9 to 27 min, with an average of 15.5 ± 6.62 min. Conclusions: The Laproscopic assisted abomasal cannulation in bovine fetuses was feasible and safe with minimal tissue injury to the abdominal wall and with short surgical time. More studies in the clinical routine related to minimally invasive abomasal content collection, abomasopexy and abomasotomy are required in order to demonstrate its impact and importance in bovine clinic.
- Subjects
CATHETERIZATION; DIGESTIVE organs; MEDICAL cadavers; BOS; LAPAROSCOPY; ABDOMINAL wall
- Publication
BMC Veterinary Research, 2022, Vol 18, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1746-6148
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s12917-022-03473-4