Ruminotomy Due to Trichobezoars

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