Surgical Management of Abomasal and Small Intestinal Disease

Sylvain Nichols; Gilles Fecteau

doi:10.1016/j.cvfa.2017.10.007

Surgical Management of Abomasal and Small Intestinal Disease

Vet Clin North Am Food Anim Pract. 2018 Mar;34(1):55-81. doi: 10.1016/j.cvfa.2017.10.007. Epub 2017 Dec 15.

Authors

Sylvain Nichols¹, Gilles Fecteau²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, 3200 Sicotte Street, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec J2S 2M2, Canada. Electronic address: sylvain.nichols@umontreal.ca.
² Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, 3200 Sicotte Street, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec J2S 2M2, Canada.

PMID: 29249602
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvfa.2017.10.007

Abstract

A bovine practitioner should master abdominal exploratory surgery (laparotomy). Several gastrointestinal (GI) problems require surgical correction to save the animal's life and to keep it in production. This article reviews the surgical preparation, procedures, and the postoperative care of several conditions affecting the GI tract of cattle.

Keywords: Abomasum; Bovine; Caecum; Colon; Duodenum; Ileum; Jejunum; Surgery.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Abomasum / surgery*
Animals
Cattle
Cattle Diseases / surgery*
Intestinal Diseases / surgery
Intestinal Diseases / veterinary*
Intestine, Small / pathology
Intestine, Small / surgery*
Stomach Diseases / surgery
Stomach Diseases / veterinary*