Left abomasal displacement and ulceration in an eight-week-old calf
- 1 February 1986
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Australian Veterinary Journal
- Vol. 63 (2), 53-55
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-0813.1986.tb02923.x
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.Keywords
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