clinical exam of alimentary system- bovine

what part of abdomen can be enlarged w bloat and hoffmans syndrome

left dorsal quadrant

what is in dorsal sac of rumen

coarse roghage

what sound dose gas make in rumen

high pitched sound

what is in ventral sac of rumen

fluid and finer particles

sound heard in ventral sac of rumen → fluid and finer particles

dull sound

what tool can release gas

canula

what type of feed can increase likelihood of bloat

high protein

how to tranform frothy bloat to free gas bloat

oil

alcohol

free gas bloat

1 big gas bubble

signs of acidosis

redu milk fat content and feed intake

decreased dig of fibre

laminitis causing lameness

how to collect rumen fluid

tubing through mouth- will cont hco3 from saliva so can change ph

cannula

normal colour of rumen fluid

olive green, greenish brown

milky grey coloured rumen fluid indicated

acidosis

normal ph of rumen

6-7

bacteria in rumen

normally g(-)

minority g(+)

no sedimentation indicated

frothy bloa

traumatic reticulitis sympt

arched back

congestive heart failure

grunting

test for traumatic reticulitis

withers pinch test

bar test

knee test

eric williams test

eric willimas test

one person listens for rumen contrcations

one person listens to esophagus

what is hoffland syndrome due to

lesions of vagal nerve

what dose hofland syndrome (vagal indigestion) affect

upper lift and lower right quadrant

vagal indigestion test

atropine test

what happens if lesion occurs on n vagus

increase in stimu = bradycardia

but due to lesion there wont be increase in git motility