ДО ПИТАННЯ ПРИЧИН ПІСЛЯКАСТРАЦІЙНИХ УСКЛАДНЕНЬ У БИЧКІВ В УМОВАХ ПРИВАТНОГО СЕКТОРУ

Abstract

Ten animals were castrated with closed method. After a surgical intervention the carers looked after the bulls which were placed into the barn for cattle. On the second day after castration the changes in the clinical condition of the animals were not observed. For the next three days, the owner of animals (by the time of cattle’s death) did not apply for help of specialists in veterinary medicine. The owners stated that the postoperative complications had caused animals death and they demanded compensation for losses. During the external examination of dead animals, the attention was paid to significant abdominal distension, venous hyperemia of visible mucous membranes. Stagnant phenomena was observed in the veins of the head, neck and in organs of thoracic cavity. Mucous membranes of upper respiratory tract and esophagus have a diffuse red colour. During the autopsy, a significant increase in the volume of the third stomach was established as a result of the accumulation of large amount of compressed chips in the size of a man's hand (18-20 cm) and 3-5 mm of thickness. The blood vessels of the wall in gastrointestinal tract and the internal organs of the abdominal cavity were anaemic. The lungs were enlarged in volume and had a dense consistency with signs of congestive hyperemia and edema. The shape of the heart was deformed by the expansion of the right ventricle, which contained a large number of dark red blood with a small content of loose clots. The results of patho-morphological studies have indicated that the main disease which led to the death of animals was a bang of the third stomach. The shape of the heart, blood vessels in the blood vessels and changes in the lungs indicated that the mechanism of death in the investigated cases was the asphyxiation caused by the obstruction of the third stomach with compressed chips and the subsequent development of the corresponding pathological changes. According to the results of the anamnesis, it has been established that the zoo-hygienic conditions of the animals in the postoperative period had been violated, namely: absence of rations, irregular watering and feeding of animals. In such cases, this death should be differentiated from the violent death or inappropriate actions by doctors or carers.