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Alimentary system
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Alimentary system
Non-specific
- inappetence
- polyphagia
- V+
- pain
- grunt test
- splinting
- aggression
- guarding/ hunching
- bruxism
- chemoreceptors and stretch/mechano
others
- V+
- emetic centre
- obstruction
- hypermotility
- intersusseption
- paralytic ileus
- V+
oral
- Dysphagia
- Halitosis
- Actinobacillus (wooden tongue)
- Ulceration stomatitides
- FMD
- vesicular stomatitis
- Exanthema
- Swine vesicular disease
- erosive stomatitides
- BVDV
- MCF
- Rinderpest
- Bluetongue
- Gagging
- SCC in cats; fibrosarcoma
oesophagus
- obstruction (choke)
- prone to scarring - strictures
- Functional: Megaoesophagus
stomach
- abdominal distension
- Gastric dilation volvulus (GDV) mostly in large dogs
- abomasum - LDA/RDA
- Bloat in ruminants
- Free gas: normal fermentation but gas cant escape
- frothy (foamy): due to lush pastures
- Vagal indigestion (papple shape)
- lactic/ruminal acidosis
- lactobacillus
- Ulceration due to NSAIDs
small intestine
- higher volume D+ with no straining
- liquidy/ partially digested
- Melena (dark faeces)
- SIBO
- i say crypt u say PARVO
- tips: rota/corona/bacteria
large intestine
- tenesmus (straining)
- haematochezia
- mucus
rectum
Anus
- scooting and parasites
Diarrhoea
- Osmotic
- Secretory
- ETEC
- cholera
- Permeability increase
- invasive e.coli
- chronic: Johne's mycobacterium
- motility
intestinal obstruction
- simple: bolus that is intra or extraluminal
- closed loop: epiploic foramen or umbilical hernia
- strangulation
Tests
- Imaging (head, thorax etc)
- physical exam with rectal palpation
- CBC; biochem
- faecal
- parasite testing
- culture/ gram stain
- PCR
- SBA
- TLI
- protein/ lipid assimilation tests
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- Mind Map on Alimentary system, created by Vanessa Lian on 24/10/2017.
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