A third lactation Holstein dairy cow was presented with history of acute reduction in milk yield ('milk drop'). On combined auscultation and percussion of the left costal area and paralumbar fossa, distinct sounds ('ping' or 'slosh') were identified ventrally. The case was investigated...

Left abomasal displacement (LDA) is a common disease in high-yielding dairy cows. Within the past 50 years, many techniques for surgical correction of this disorder have been developed. At Justus Liebig University Giessen the standard procedure to correct LDAs is the minimally invasive...

The therapy of abomasal displacement is important in the buiatric practice. In a large dairy herd in Saxony, a total number of 487 abomasal displacements (AD) occurred from May 2007 to September 2011. The mean incidence rate of AD was 5.6% per year. In 93.2% of the cases, the abomasum was displaced ...

The authors carried out laparoscopic fixation of the left displaced abomasum (LDA) in standing position on an Eastern Hungarian dairy cattle farm. Between January 2011 and August 2012, 62 operations were carried out. Eight cows died or had been slaughtered (12.9%), and further 27 (43.55%) had been...

A minimally invasive technique, taking about 30 min to perform and involving endoscopy, local xylazine analgesia and percutaneous fixation of the abomasal fundus with a toggle, has been carried out in a veterinary practice on 108 cows since January 1997. Surgery was successful in most cases; 1 cow...