Akatogiritis
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| Occupation | Veterinary Student | |
| Veterinary School | USA - Virginia Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia | |
| Year of Graduation | 2016 | |
| anaritis@vt.edu | ||
About me
For the most part of my life I was raised on the island named "Karpathos" in Greece. A lot of my education was done in Athens, Greece and my undergraduate studies were done at the University of Crete, Greece. As most of you, I am very passionate about animals and I am very sensitive when it comes to stray animals, since on my island we had/have many. Wildlife conservation is another passion of mine, and this is why I love to travel and volunteer in wildlife rehabilitation centers. Besides taking care of animals, I love music (I play the piano, and have tried playing electric guitar), hiking,traveling (I have been doing so since I was 2 years old) painting, spending time with friends and movies! My favorite place to visit is Indonesia and specifically Sulawesi where Tasikoki Wildlife Rescue Center is. Please feel free to email me if you need information about that center! They need volunteers who love animals and care about wildlife conservation.If you have any questions concerning VMRCVM, Greece or Indonesia don't hesitate to contact me! I will be glad to answer any questions:)
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| What conditions would you consider? (Most likely first.) | The most likely conditions to consider include: nervous acetonaemia/ketosis; left-displaced abomasum and secondary acetonaemia; traumatic reticulitis; sub - acute ruminal acidosis. |
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| How could you confirm your diagnosis? | Diagnosis of ketosis is based on clinical examination and confirmed by a positive Rothera’s reagent test or laboratory demonstration of a 3-OH butyrate concentration in excess of 4.0 mmol/L (40 mg/dL). Plasma glucose and NEFA concentrations are too variable to confirm a diagnosis of ketosis. No biochemical test differentiates between primary and secondary ketosis. It must be ascertained that the cow does not have a left-displaced abomasum. |
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| What treatment would you administer? | Treatment includes dexamethasone and 400mL 50% dextrose administered intravenously. Propylene glycol is given orally twice daily until normal appetite returns. The cow was eating well the following day. |
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| How could this condition be prevented? | Control measures include feeding molasses-treated chopped straw1 as part of the ration during the dry period to maintain rumen size and microbial function. Dry matter intakes should be as high as possible during the dry period, and on the day of calving in particular. There must be 24 hr of easy access to the diet – one should not rely on feeding refusals from the milking herd ration to the dry cows. Any dietary changes must be introduced gradually. Most high-yielding cows are fed a total mixed ration which has the benefit of creating a more stable rumen environ - ment than that achieved with separate concentrate feeding. Cows should enter the dry period in BCS 3 (scale 1–5) and maintain that value until calving. |
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