aksoy, gürbüz harran university - faculty of veterinary medicine - department of internal medicine, Şanlıurfa, TURKEY , biricik, halil selçuk afyon kocatepe university - faculty of veterinary medicine - department of laboratory animals, Afyonkarahisar, TURKEY

Medical Treatment of Abomasal Displacements of Cattle with Zeolite

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The incidence of displaced abomasum (DA) in cattle increases due to intensive feeding. In this study; oral zeolite (2 days; once a day, 1.5 g/BW) was administered in six dairy cows with right (n=4) and left (n=2) DAs as clinically diagnosed. Hipochloremia in two, hypokalemia in one and increased hematocrit in three cases in right DAs and clinical findings as rumen motility, asymmetry in abdominal wall, ping sounds, appetite in both right and left DAs restored following the application except one right DA. As a result, while oral zeolite administration was effective in five cows with right and left DAs, was ineffective in one right DA due to adhesion in the abomasal wall. This new medical treatment method is becoming more common at both academic area and private Veterinarians in our country.

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Cattle , abomasal displacement , zeolite

Fırat University Veterinary Journal Of Health Sciences

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