Left Displaced Abomasum (LDA)

In this episode, Dr. Lottie talks about left displaced abomasum (LDA), how it develops, which cows are most at risk and what we should be doing to prevent it

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Timeline:
00:00 Intro
00:32 Case
01:30 Aetiology & Pathogenesis
06:04 Clinical Signs
07:06 Diagnosis
08:23 Treatment
14:43 LDA vs RDA
15:34 Prevention
16:49 Key Points
18:04 Outro

References

• Coppock, C.E. (1974) “Displaced Abomasum in Dairy Cattle: Etiological Factors,” Journal of Dairy Science, 57(8), pp. 926–933. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(74)84988-X.
• LeBlanc, S.J., Leslie, K.E. and Duffield, T.F. (2005) “Metabolic Predictors of Displaced Abomasum in Dairy Cattle,” Journal of Dairy Science, 88(1), pp. 159–170. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(05)72674-6.
• Shaver, R.D. (1997) “Nutritional Risk Factors in the Etiology of Left Displaced Abomasum in Dairy Cows: A Review1,” Journal of Dairy Science, 80(10), pp. 2449–2453. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(97)76197-6.
• Braun, U., Pusterla, N. and Schönmann, M. (1997) “Ultrasonographic findings in cows with left displacement of the abomasum,” Veterinary Record, 141(13), pp. 331–335. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.141.13.331.
• Mueller, K. (2011) “Diagnosis, treatment and control of left displaced abomasum in cattle,” In Practice, 33(9), pp. 470–481. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1136/inp.d6079.
• Morrow, L. and Brennan, M. (2020) “Comparing survival times in cattle with a left displaced abomasum treated with roll-and-toggle correction or right pyloro-omentopexy,” Veterinary Record, 187(5), pp. 192–193. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.m3308.
• Babkine, M. et al. (2006) “Ventral laparoscopic abomasopexy on adult cows,” The Canadian Veterinary Journal, 47(4), pp. 343–348.

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