Acute Fatal Generalized Peritonitis in A Cow Due to Probable Faulty Intrauterine Medication

Syed Ashaq Hussain; Hakim Athar

Authors

Syed Ashaq Hussain Division of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Ethics and Jurisprudence, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Science and Technology of Kashmir-Shuhama, Alusteng, Srinagar-190 006, Jammu and Kashmir (India)
Hakim Athar Division of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Science and Technology of Kashmir-Shuhama, Alusteng, Srinagar-190 006, Jammu and Kashmir (India)

Keywords:

Cattle, Intrauterine Medication, Peritonitis

Abstract

The present article describes a case report of acute and fatal generalized peritonitis in a cow. The peritonitis was diagnosed on peritoneal fluid examination and abdominal ultrasonography. The important clinical signs were anorexia, reduced milk yield, vaginal pain and abdominal pain, fever and diarrhoea. On clinical examination, the peculiar finding was consistent pain on palpation of the caudal ventral abdominal quadrant on the right side and such pain response had not been reported in cattle. The peritonitis was ascribed to probable faulty intrauterine medication.

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