POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS IN ABOMAZOPEXY IN HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE COWS

Abstract

Displaced abomasum in cattle is a fairly common pathology, which occurs at different times after calving cows. According to the domestic authors, displaced abomasum in cattle at the dairy farming occurs in 1.5- 7% of the livestock. The domestic literature on treating displaced abomasum in dairy cattle provides limited and homogenous information on post-operative complications. The study was conducted for 4 years on 163 cows with a left-displaced abomasum or right-displaced abomasum that was repositioned and fixed in place with an incision in the right paralumbar fossa. The work took place on one of the farms in the Leningrad region. Native Holsteins of the domestic breed were kept untied in conditions of dairy complex. The total herd size is 1200 cows. Average cow milk production in the last 4 years was 11250 kg per year. During 4 years 163 cows with an operated displaced abomasum were clinically observed for the development of possible postoperative complications. The observation showed that 17 cows (10.42% of the operated animals) had postoperative complications in this period of time. Eight animals have developed purulent inflammatory complications diagnosed 20- 45 days after surgery. Three cows were found to have abscesses within 7-10 days of surgery. Hematoma was discovered in one cow 4 days after surgery. Four animals (2.45%) had a displaced abomasum’s reoccurrence among 163 cows in four years of observation.