The article discusses a severe clinical case of digestive disorder in cattle. The animal was induced to regurgitate during physical examination and was diagnosed with traumatic obstruction of the oesophagus. A Thygesen probe was used to remove the obstruction from the oesophagus, but was not...

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 ...

A study was conducted to analyse the clinical and laboratory findings of 10 cattle diagnosed with caecum dilation in Brazil between January 1998 and December 2001. Information related to feeding, management, time of occurrence of the condition, disease progression, breed, age, clinical signs,...

Despite the frequent use of dry and fibrous roughage for feeding cows in many regions, especially during the dry season, impaction of the abomasum has been poorly reported in Brazil, probably because the condition is misdiagnosed by practitioners. The present paper aimed to accomplish a...

A bull (Holstein) and a cow (3/4 Holstein × 1/4 Gir) with their eyes increasing progressively and coming out of the ocular orbit is presented (Brazil). Clinical examination revealed that the pre-scapular, superficial lymph nodes, were increasing. The eyes presented unilateral exophthalmia, where...

Foamy ruminal bloat is a digestive disturbance in cattle fed with leguminous or confined pastures and grains. A retrospective study of the clinical, aetiological, epidemiological and therapeutic aspects of foamy bloat in cattle brought to the Bovine Clinic in Garanhuns Campus, UFRPE, Brazil, from...

Three outbreaks of poisoning by Prosopis juliflora pods are reported in the semiarid region of the state of Pernambuco, Northeastern Brazil, in cattle grazing in fields invaded by the plant or ingesting mesquite beans as a concentrate food. In two farms the disease occurred sporadically. In...

The clinical and anatomical-pathological manifestations of bacterial endocarditis in a 4-year-old, Holstein × Gir crossbred cow in Brazil are reported. Clinical examination showed signs of apathy, a rectal temperature of 38.1°C, tachycardia with cardiac sounds retained to auscultation and pulse of...

An 8-month-old crossbred calf (3/4 Holstein × 1/4 Gir) with dilation of the caecum (DC) was studied (Brazil). Appetite, and ruminal and intestinal motility were decreased, and defaecation was scarce and pasty. DC was corrected by typhlectomy followed by emptying of the organ. Eight days after the...

One of the main causes of thromboembolism in the pulmonary artery of cattle is thrombosis of the caudal vena cava associated with hepatic abscesses. The clinical and pathological findings of this illness in a 5-year-old Brown Swiss cow presented to the Bovine Clinic of UFRPE in Pernambuco, Brazil...