Surgical Procedures of the Distal Limb for Treatment of Sepsis in Cattle.

Abstract

With a thorough knowledge of the anatomy of the foot, and basic surgical instruments, digit surgery can be performed in field situations. Sepsis of the distal interphalangeal and proximal interphalangeal joints should be treated surgically because conservative treatment is often ineffective. Most of the diseases described in this article are chronic and often the animals have been suffering for some time. Perioperative analgesia is important to alleviate the pain of those animals. All those procedures should be performed under local or regional anesthesia.

• Authors: David E Anderson, André Desrochers, Sarel R van Amstel
• Journal: The Veterinary clinics of North America. Food animal practice (Vet Clin North Am Food Anim Pract) Vol. 33 Issue 2 Pg. 329-350 (Jul 2017) ISSN: 1558-4240 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 28579047 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Topics

• Animals
• Cattle
• Cattle Diseases (surgery)
• Chronic Disease
• Lameness, Animal (surgery)
• Sepsis (surgery, veterinary)