Veterinary Clinical Medicine-I (General and Systemic)

PATHOGENESIS

• In obstructive type there will be reduced flow of ingesta with subsequent distention and pain and in severe cases ischemia and rupture of the part.
• Endotoxaemia due to intestinal stasis and cardiovascular collapse
• Pain due to distention and following gastrointestinal dysfunction, impairment of barrier function of intestine, ischemia of intestinal wall, endotoxaemia and hypovolemia resultng in cardiovascular collapse, shock and death.