Synonyms

No known synonym

Name of the disease in English

Abscess from reticular origin

The disease in brief

Traumatic reticuloperitonitis can take many forms, and an abscess that develops near the breastbone is a rare form.

Clinic & diagnosis

A swollen area like a lump located on the ventro-lateral part of the abdomen (usually on one side) suggests the problem. To reinforce the suspicion, it should be noted that the bovine is slaughtered, no longer eats, has diminished or absent rumen contractions, a positive sign of the withers, and it may show colic.

Typical sign of the disease

No description

Pictures

See below

Diagnostic formulas

No description

Differential diagnosis

- Pericarditis-CR10

- Pulmonary heart-heart failure -N14

- Myocarditis-N34

- Juvenile leucosis-UR24

- Bovine leucosis-N30

Confirm a suspicion?

By ultrasound, you can visualize the contents of the swollen area.

A puncture of the swollen area can show a built up abscess, sometimes the migrating foreign body that caused the problem.

Prognosis and treatment

Open the abscess and drain it, maintaining drainage for a few days.

-A medical treatment with antibiotics with good diffusion, type Penicillin-Streptomycin; we associate it with the installation of a magnet (preferably in a cage) which will act if it is not too late.

Prevention

- An informed breeder hunts for wires, and any other metallic object in his pastures, but also on the plots of harvested fodder. Brush fires ignited with tires leave ash containing dangerous reinforcements; structural work and roofing do the same.
-An electromagnet on the forage harvesters collects metal objects
-The systematic placement of magnets in the rumen, preferring those surrounded by a plastic cage.

References

Veterinary Medicine-Pocket companion -9th Edition BLOOD DC-page 101