Intussusception in cattle: 336 cases (1964-1993)
Constable, P.D.; St Jean, G.; Hull, B.L.; Rings, D.M.; Morin, D.E.; Nelson, D.R.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 210(4): 531-536
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-1488 PMID: 9040842 Document Number: 481599
Medical records of cattle admitted to 17 veterinary medical teaching hospitals in North America were reviewed. 336 cattle with intussusception were identified; 281 had small intestinal, 7 had ileocolic, 12 had caecocolic, and 36 had colocolic intussusceptions. Sex and season were not significantly associated with cattle developing intussusception, whereas calves <2 months old were at greater risk of developing small intestinal intussusception than older cattle. Analysis of medical records of 57 cattle with intussusception revealed that these cattle were mildly hyponatraemic, hypochloraemic, hypocalcaemic, azotaemic and hyperglycaemic. Right flank laparotomy with a cow in a standing position, followed by intestinal resection and end-to-end anastomosis, was the commonest means of surgical correction. Overall survival rate (20/57; 35%) and postoperative survival rate (20/46; 43%) for cattle with intussusception were low.