Compactação de abomaso em bovinos leiteiros: descrição de cinco casos

Resumo

Abomasum impaction is a mechanical or functional obstruction that prevent the standard flow of the food in the alimentary tract of cattle. It’s caused by the ingestion of dry and poor quality forage and low ingestion of water. Is commonly observed in late pregnant cows. This research reports five cases of abomasum impaction in cattle of different breeds. The problem occurred in one bull and four cows, three of them were old animals and the other was a heifer. The majority of the cases suggested vagus indigestion and rectal examination was an important complementary diagnostic aid, although abomasum was out of reach in all the cases.

Descrição

Palavras-chave

Bovino, Compactação, Abomaso, Indigestão, Vagal, Abomasum, Bovine, Impaction, Indigestion, Vagus

Citação

BORGES, José Renato Junqueira; CUNHA, Paulo Henrique Jorge da; MOSCARDINI, Augusto Ricardo Coelho; TORTELLY, Rogério; FRANCO, Gumercindo Loriano; SILVA, Luiz Antonio Franco da. Compactação de abomaso em bovinos leiteiros: descrição de cinco casos. Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 8, n.4, p. 857-862, out./dez. 2007. Disponível em: <https://www.revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/2708>.