How to treat adhesive pericarditis in a cow

We know that once there is a problem with pericarditis, there will often be uncomfortable symptoms. At this time, dairy cows often show various symptoms. Even once a dairy cow has pericarditis, it will show symptoms such as not eating or drinking and becoming irritable and restless. Pericarditis is very harmful and can even endanger the health of dairy cows.

Treatment of pericarditis in dairy cows. Traumatic pericarditis is a common and difficult disease in dairy cows. It is often caused by the ingestion of sharp foreign objects by dairy cows that penetrate the reticulum, diaphragm, pericardium, and even myocardium, causing a series of pathological changes such as purulent and fibrous lesions in the reticulum, peritoneum, and pericardium. Due to the different penetration depths of metal foreign objects, the clinical manifestations vary greatly.

Traumatic pericarditis in dairy cows is a common secondary disease of traumatic reticulitis in dairy cows. Generally, when it is discovered, the indigestion symptoms of traumatic reticulitis have disappeared, thus presenting a more typical cardiovascular syndrome. Although it is accompanied by digestive disturbances, it is actually a consequence of sepsis caused by the deterioration of the systemic condition.

1. Causes of traumatic pericarditis in dairy cows

Traumatic pericarditis in dairy cows mainly refers to sharp metal foreign objects such as steel wire, iron wire, nails, needles, hairpins, injection needles, glass, hard wood strips, etc., which are swallowed by cows and enter the rumen, and then move to the reticulum. The contraction movement of the reticulum causes the foreign objects to pierce or even pierce the reticulum, causing reticulitis. The foreign objects then pierce the pericardium forward, causing traumatic pericarditis. Sometimes it can injure the lungs, liver and other tissues, causing inflammation of the corresponding organs.

2. Clinical symptoms of traumatic pericarditis in dairy cows

The disease initially presents with symptoms of persistent forestomachal atony and traumatic reticulitis. Only later will the unique symptoms of pericarditis gradually appear, namely, pain on palpation of the heart area, enlargement of the dullness area on percussion, pericardial friction sound or pericardial clatter on auscultation, and a significantly weakened heartbeat. The superficial veins of the body are dilated, there is edema under the jaw and in front of the chest, the body temperature rises, the pulse rate increases, and the breathing speeds up.

3. Prevention of traumatic pericarditis in dairy cows

Once traumatic pericarditis occurs in dairy cows, the treatment effect is poor, and prevention should be the main focus. The key to prevention is to prevent sharp metal foreign objects from mixing into forage and feed.

1. Paying attention to prevent sharp metal foreign objects from mixing into forage and feed is the most fundamental, effective and basic way to prevent the occurrence of this disease. Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen the management of forage cutting, harvesting and transportation, and it is strictly forbidden to use baskets and containers made of waste steel wire and iron wire; when processing and preparing feed, foreign matter such as metal, plastic, and wood chips must be carefully removed and cleaned; large-scale dairy farms with conditions can use electromagnetic screens to remove metal foreign matter.

2. Regularly carry out rumen and reticulum iron removal. Metal detectors are used to inspect dairy cows 1 to 2 times a year, and rumen and reticulum iron is extracted from positive cows using rumen iron extractors, which effectively reduces the occurrence of traumatic pericarditis in dairy cows.

Warm reminder: once people have the problem of bovine pericarditis, they will often feel uncomfortable if they network with cows. Moreover, at this time, it is actually necessary to further adopt the method of putting the cow's rumen into a magnetic cage for treatment. In this case, it is often possible to prevent traumatic pericarditis in dairy cows.