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- Title
Ultrasonographic findings in 63 cows with haemorrhagic bowel syndrome.
- Authors
Braun, U.; Forster, E.; Steininger, K.; Irmer, M.; Gautschi, A.; Previtali, M.; Gerspach, C.; Nuss, K.
- Abstract
Cows with haemorrhagic bowel syndrome were examined by ultrasonography. A 5.0 MHz linear transducer was used to scan the right side of 63 standing, non-sedated cows. The small intestine was found to be dilated and had a diameter of 4.3 to 12.0 cm (mean [sd] 6.76 [1.78] cm), and there was markedly reduced or absent small intestinal motility in all the cows. In 22 (34.9 per cent) cows, empty poststenotic segments of small intestine were seen in addition to empty prestenotic intestine. In 12 (19 per cent) cows, the intestinal lumen contained localised hyperechoic material consistent with blood clots. Fluid with or without fibrin was seen between intestinal loops in 39 (61.9 per cent) cows. Accumulation of ingesta in the abomasum and sometimes in the omasum and rumen was seen in 14 (22.2 per cent) cows. Ultrasonography was considered to be a useful tool for the diagnosis of ileus. However, this imaging modality could be used to make a definitive diagnosis of haemorrhagic bowel syndrome only when a blood clot was seen in the intestinal lumen.
- Subjects
COW diseases; INTESTINAL disease diagnosis; BOWEL obstructions; BLOOD coagulation; FIBRIN; ULTRASONIC imaging
- Publication
Veterinary Record: Journal of the British Veterinary Association, 2010, Vol 166, Issue 3, p79
- ISSN
0042-4900
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1136/vr.c178