Cattle Medicine Q&A 11
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A 6-year-old Holstein cow, which calved 36 hr earlier, is presented in sternal recumbency, profoundly depressed, dehydrated, afebrile (38.5°C,101.3°F), with toxic mucous membranes, an elevated heart rate of 96 beats per minute, and an increased respiratory rate (34 breaths per minute). The udder is soft but a pale, serum-like, secretion can be drawn from one quarter.
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Which diseases would you consider? (Most likely first.) | The most likely conditions to consider include:
It may prove difficult to rule out the possible contribution of hypocalcaemia and many clinicians would elect to administer 400 mL of 40% calcium borogluconate slowly by the intravenous route while monitoring the heart rate. |
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What treatments would you administer? | Treatment of endotoxic shock (coliform mastitis) includes intravenous injection of a NSAID, repeated 12 hr later. |
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What control measures could be adopted? |
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Comments by Nick Lyons MA VetMB CertCHP MRCVS 1. Minor point, only catheters 12 or 14 gauge are available in the UK. |