Treatment

TREATMENT

  • Right paramedian abomasopexy and right paralumbar fossa omentopexy are used for cor­recting left displacement of the        aboma­sum.

Closed suture techniques

  • In the blind suture technique, the precise location of insertion of the sutures is unknown.
  • Complications: peri­tonitis, cellulitis, abomasal displacement or evisceration, complete forestomach obstruction, and thrombophelebitis of the subcutaneous abdominal vein

Roll-and-toggle procedure

  • Rolling the cow
  • The cow is cast and laid on her back, then rolled vigorously to the right and the roll stopped abruptly

Treatment of ketosis

  • Parenteral dextrose 
  • Oral propylene glycol
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