Advance techniques in traumatic reticuloperitonitis diagnosis: review

Abstract

Traumatic reticulo-peritonitis (TRP) is a sporadic disease of ruminants that is caused by perforation of the reticulum by ingested foreign materials; it is a common reason for abdominal surgery in cattle. The disease may appear in forms of local and acute peritonitis, local chronic peritonitis and as unspecific form Anorexia, decrease in milk production, fever, ruminal stasis or ruminal hypomotility, tachypnea, grinding of teeth, reluctance to move and stance with an arched back and abducted elbows. The diagnoses are based on clinical examination, hematological examination, and other techniques.