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Also known as: '''''Wire — Hardware Disease '''''
Also known as: '''''Wire — Hardware Disease '''''
Also see: '''[[Traumatic Reticulitis]]
Also see: '''[[Traumatic Reticulitis]] — [[Pericarditis]]
== Introduction ==
== Introduction ==
[[Image:traumatic pericarditis 2.jpg|right|thumb|200px|<small><center>'''Traumatic pericarditis'''. Courtesy of A. Jefferies</center></small>]]
[[Image:Traumatic pericarditis 4.jpg|right|thumb|200px|<small><center>'''Traumatic pericarditis'''. Courtesy of A. Jefferies</center></small>]]
This heart condition is a common cause of severe abdominal pain in cattle, predominantly dairy cattle. It is very rare in other animals. It is caused by ingestion of wire or other piece of metal into the rumen of the cow. Ruminal movements can cause the wire to penetrate the cranial reticulum and therefore penetrate the pericardium and/or liver causing [[pericarditis]].
This heart condition is a common cause of severe abdominal pain in cattle, predominantly dairy cattle. It is very rare in other animals. It is caused by ingestion of wire or other piece of metal into the rumen of the cow. Ruminal movements can cause the wire to penetrate the cranial reticulum and therefore penetrate the pericardium and/or liver causing [[pericarditis]].