Clinical Aspects and Surgical Correction in Left Displacement of Abomasum in Holstein Cows.

Abstract

Development in Romania in the last 15 years, the new dairy farms with high production Holstein cows, usually the cows are expo sed to a productive enforcement by feeding them with TMR (total mixed ration) with high ratios conc entrates, leads to occurrence of other conditions between them being left displacement of abomasum(LDA). This condition usually occurs as early as 45 days post partum, associated with other intercur rent diseases like: retained placenta, metritis, mastitis, ketosis. The most common clinical signs o bserved on 11 cows in the study were: sudden decrease in milk production, off feed, udder like s ponge consistence, vital functions range in normal limits, dehydration being observed only in last sta ge. Positive diagnosis was established by simultaneous percussion and auscultation in the lef t flank, where the ping sound appears. Surgical correction can be performed by different surgical p rocedures, in the present study we performed surgical correction by right pyloroomentopexy. Key word: abomasum, displacement, left, cows, surgery, clini cal