Veterinary Clinical Medicine-I (General and Systemic)

TRAUMATIC RETICULO PERITONITIS 

• Traumatic reticulo peritonitis,  is  caused by the ingestion and migration of a foreign body in the reticulum.
  • Cattle are more likely to ingest foreign bodies than small ruminants.
  • Foreign body may be metallic object, such as a piece of wire or a nail, often greater than 2.5 cm in length.
  • The majority of affected cattle are dairy cattle and are older than 2 years of age.
  • A large number of adult dairy cattle have metallic foreign bodies in their reticulum without signs of clinical disease.
  •  Tenesmus or a gravid uterus, causes migration of the foreign body into the reticular wall