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15 December 2019

Frothy Bloat Always Requires Emergency Treatment…

Frothy ruminal bloat always follows an acute and severe course, and if treatment is not administered promptly, the animal can die within 2-3 hours from compression asphyxia. The...

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27 November 2019

How to differentiate renal uremic intoxication from pre-renal intoxication…

A Piedmontese calf approximately 2 months old presents symptoms of a severe septicemic form, associated with general toxic symptomatology. The medical history, clinical examination, and blood gas analysis...

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01 November 2019

Alcoholization of the sacral nerves…

Some cows experience violent, uncontrollable straining (video) after calving, which can exhaust the animal. In cases where high epidural anesthesia does not definitively resolve the problem, it is...

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31 October 2019

Uncontrollable Postpartum Straining

A new video! Following postpartum injuries or bruising to the soft tissues of the birth canal, some cows exhibit violent and uncontrollable straining, which can lead the animal...

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05 October 2019

A mummified fetus that will not be expelled…

A new video describes the manual extraction of a mummified fetus retained in the vagina due to insufficient vulvar dilation...

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08 September 2019

Hemorrhagic Anemia, Hemolytic Anemia, Hypoplastic Anemia… That Is the Question!

These conditions can affect single animals or multiple animals together, of any age, with forms of varying severity—acute, subacute, or chronic. Some symptoms are common to all: weakness,...

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05 August 2019

Tracheostomy, an emergency surgical procedure…

Tracheostomy is generally an emergency procedure in cases where medical therapy for necrotic or purulent laryngitis has failed and the animal presents with severe symptoms of dyspnea, including...

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11 July 2019

Necrotic laryngitis (laryngeal necrobacillosis) in calves… a new video!

A new video to observe the clinical cases of two calves presenting the classic symptoms of obstructive necrotic laryngitis caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum: stridorous and snoring breathing, dyspnea,...

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07 July 2019

Surgical repair of a bladder rupture with uroperitoneum…

A new series of images: a Piedmontese calf approximately 3 months old presents with uroperitoneum following urolithiasis and bladder rupture. In these cases, when the prognostic signs are...

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22 June 2019

A new video: calf with colic pain…

A Piedmontese calf of about 3 months presents with restlessness, inappetence, reduced rumination, associated with recurrent colic pain. The clinical examination will lead to a diagnosis of partial...

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05 June 2019

A roughly 30-day-old calf with hypersalivation, weakness, and concerning weight loss…

A Garonnais calf about 30 days old presents with weight loss, mild dehydration, weakness and lethargy, mild hyperthermia, hypersalivation... An interesting clinical case.

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21 May 2019

General Anesthesia in Calves for Lengthy Field Procedures

For particularly challenging or lengthy surgical procedures in calves, or those involving possible unknowns, it is necessary to use an effective, safe anesthesia protocol that allows the procedure...

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