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  • Title: Abdominal distension in collapsed diarrhoeic calves: biochemical findings and treatment.
    Author: Grove-White DH, White DG.
    Journal: Vet Rec; 1999 Jun 05; 144(23):639-42. PubMed ID: 10399246.
    Abstract:
    Thirty-seven of 53 diarrhoeic calves hospitalised for intravenous fluid therapy were classified as very severely acidotic (total carbon dioxide less than 8 mmol/litre) by using a Harleco apparatus. All the calves were given intravenously 10 to 20 litres of electrolyte solution which contained 144 mmol/litre sodium, 4 mmol/litre potassium, 113 mmol/litre chloride and 35 mmol/litre bicarbonate, and in addition the 37 very severely acidotic calves received 400 ml of 1M sodium bicarbonate in the first 5 litres of fluid administered. Sixteen of the 37 very severely acidotic calves had a distended right flank, suggesting the presence of a dilated fluid-filled viscus. Neither their history nor other clinical signs were useful predictors of the distension. The distended calves had significantly higher plasma concentrations of sodium and chloride, and significantly lower plasma creatinine concentrations than the calves which were not distended. Treatment was successful in all the 21 non-distended calves but four of the distended calves died despite treatment. The resolution of the distension in the successfully treated calves, coincided with a significant increase in plasma bicarbonate concentration and the passage of large amounts of malodorous mucoid faeces.
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