Traumatic reticuloperitonitis combined with embolic pneumonia and hepatitis as unusual symptoms of foreign body syndrome in a Holstein bull

Abstract

Cattle and buffaloes are prone to ingest foreign objects, mainly due to erroneous management practices and lack of discriminatory dietary habits (Roth & King, 1991). When the swallowed foreign bodies are metallic objects, most commonly wires and nails, they may reach the reticulum and become trapped within the reticular honeycomb-like mucosa. This condition is known variously worldwide as foreign body syndrome (FBS), hardware disease, sharp foreign body syndrome or traumatic reticuloperitonitis (Abu-Seida & Al-Abbadi, 2016). Vigorous reticular contractions facilitate penetration of the reticular mucosa, causing

Caudal vena cava thrombosis in cattle in Southern Brazil: clinical and pathological aspects of 30 cases

“…Other case presented with an adhesion involving the reticulum wall, diaphragm, and liver, also suggesting a traumatic reticuloperitonitis. In a traumatic reticulitis or reticuloperitonitis, a foreign body, most commonly a wire or nail, punctures the reticulum wall and inserts bacteria from the forestomach content into the mucosa and blood vessels of the organ, which is then drained to the liver (SOUZA et al, 2021).…”