A New Intriguing Surgical Case!

Piedmontese calf approximately 70 days old, fed exclusively on maternal milk twice daily. Excellent body condition. For the past few days, the calf has shown restlessness, dull colic episodes coinciding with nursing, ptyalism, occasional empty chewing, and pronounced sweating without hyperthermia. The farmer has observed self-licking and bedding straw ingestion among the group of calves.
Diagnostic hypothesis: trichobezoars at the ruminal or abomasal level.
Treatment: exploratory laparotomy along the linea alba, in the preumbilical region.