Oral electrolyte solutions (OES) are an important supplemental therapy to reestablish hydration and electrolyte balance in scouring calves. The osmolality and the type of alkalinizing agent in OES must be considered when evaluating commercial products and developing treatment protocols. Management...

Fluctuations in as-fed milk replacer have been implicated as a potential cause of abomasal diseases, including abomasitis and bloat. As feeding preweaned calves a higher plane of fluid milk nutrition becomes increasingly common, understanding how specific feeding management factors affect the ...

The continuous genetic selection for high milk production in association with greater digestive capacity and corporal depth increases the susceptibility for abomasopathies including abomasal displacement. The present work aimed to accomplish a retrospective study on abomasal displacement in 36...

It is common for neonatal losses to exceed 10% of lambs and kids delivered. A simple on-farm necropsy technique for examining these animals and determining the probable cause of death is described. Important categories for mortality include abortion, stillbirth, dystocia, hypothermia and...

A 4-year-old Holstein-Friesian cow with abomasal sand impaction was described [Switzerland, date not given]. The animal was referred to the clinic because of progressive weight loss, reduced milk production, anorexia, tympany and almost no faecal output. The body surface was cold and the breath had ...

This study aimed to carry out a retrospective study of vagal indigestion cases diagnosed in cattle admitted at the Garanhuns Bovine Clinic, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco campus. This syndrome, caused by dysfunctions of the vagus nerve and characterized by motility disorders of the...

Triplets occur when lambing percentages exceed 130%. When triplets are left with their dam, survival is often <75%. Artificial rearing of one lamb from each set of triplets offers the chance to increase survival rates. But experience to date has frequently resulted in death rates of 10-30% of lambs. On the author's farm, ∼100 sets of triplets are born each year. In 2002, an artificial rearing system was put in place based on the Poukawa system. The smallest triplet from each set was removed for artificial rearing. In 2002 and 2003, when lambs were 3 to 5 weeks old, 25% died. A worldwide information search suggested that the disorder was possibly abomasal bloat. A Norwegian method of preparing soured milk replacer that had been demonstrated to limit abomasal bloat was adapted for New Zealand conditions. Lambs are fed cow colostrum...