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Traumatic Pericarditis (view source)
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''aka: Wire; Hardware Disease''
===Description===
*[[Forestomach Inflammation - Pathology|''Pathophysiology'']]
*A common cause of severe abdominal pain in cattle.
*Rare in other animals.
===Diagnosis===
====History & Clinical Signs====
*Common in dairy cattle
*Dull
*Depressed
*Extension of the neck
*Arching of the back
*Standing with elbows abducted
*Signs of right sided heart failure
*Peripheral oedema
====Physical Exam====
*Grunt (pain response) when pressure is applied to the ventral abdomen
*Increased temperature
*Increased pulses
*Decreased to absent rumenal activity
*Dry mucus covered feces
*Tachycardia
====Laboratory Findings====
Complete Cell Count:
*Neutrophilia with a left shift
*Increased fibrinogen
*Increased serum total protein
Fluid Analysis: Fluid used from pericardiocentesis can confirm traumatic pericarditis
*Bacteria within neutrophils
*A large number of degenerate neutrophils
====Treatment====
*Confine animal
*Broad Spectrum Antibiotics
*Administer fluids if the animal is dehydrated
*Remove foreign object with a rumenotomy
*Due to economics most animals are culled
*Prevention through good husbandry practices is the best treatment!
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<br>
''aka: Wire; Hardware Disease''
===Description===
*[[Forestomach Inflammation - Pathology|''Pathophysiology'']]
*A common cause of severe abdominal pain in cattle.
*Rare in other animals.
===Diagnosis===
====History & Clinical Signs====
*Common in dairy cattle
*Dull
*Depressed
*Extension of the neck
*Arching of the back
*Standing with elbows abducted
*Signs of right sided heart failure
*Peripheral oedema
====Physical Exam====
*Grunt (pain response) when pressure is applied to the ventral abdomen
*Increased temperature
*Increased pulses
*Decreased to absent rumenal activity
*Dry mucus covered feces
*Tachycardia
====Laboratory Findings====
Complete Cell Count:
*Neutrophilia with a left shift
*Increased fibrinogen
*Increased serum total protein
Fluid Analysis: Fluid used from pericardiocentesis can confirm traumatic pericarditis
*Bacteria within neutrophils
*A large number of degenerate neutrophils
====Treatment====
*Confine animal
*Broad Spectrum Antibiotics
*Administer fluids if the animal is dehydrated
*Remove foreign object with a rumenotomy
*Due to economics most animals are culled
*Prevention through good husbandry practices is the best treatment!