Analgesic efficacy of an intravenous constant rate infusion of a morphine-lidocaine-ketamine combination in Holstein calves undergoing umbilical herniorrhaphy.

Objective: To assess the analgesic efficacy of an IV constant rate infusion (CRI) of a morphine-lidocaine-ketamine (MLK) combination in calves undergoing umbilical herniorrhaphy.

Animals: 20 weaned Holstein calves with umbilical hernias.

Procedures: Calves were randomly assigned to receive a CRI of an MLK solution (0.

Pharmacokinetics of an intravenous constant rate infusion of a morphine-lidocaine-ketamine combination in Holstein calves undergoing umbilical herniorrhaphy.

Objective: To describe the pharmacokinetics of morphine, lidocaine, and ketamine associated with IV administration of a constant rate infusion (CRI) of a morphine-lidocaine-ketamine (MLK) combination to calves undergoing umbilical herniorrhaphy.

Animals: 20 weaned Holstein calves with umbilical hernias.

Procedures: Calves were randomly assigned to receive a CRI of an MLK solution (0.

Complications associated with surgical dehorning in goats: A retrospective study of 239 cases.

Objective: This article describes complications following surgical dehorning of goats.

Study Design: Retrospective. Medical records of goats that underwent surgical dehorning were reviewed.

Spinal Cord and Peripheral Nerve Abnormalities of the Ruminant.

In food animals, spinal cord damage is most commonly associated with infection or trauma. Antemortem diagnosis is based on clinical signs, history, cerebrospinal fluid analysis, and imaging. As clinical signs are often severe, and prognosis is grave, necropsy may provide a postmortem diagnosis.

Indications for and factors relating to outcome after rumenotomy or rumenostomy in cattle: 95 cases (1999-2011).

Objective: To evaluate indications for and factors relating to outcome after rumenotomy or rumenostomy in cattle.

Design: Retrospective case series.

Animals: 95 cattle that underwent rumenotomy or rumenostomy.

Salmonella enterica shedding in hospitalized horses and associations with diarrhea occurrence among their stablemates and gastrointestinal-related illness or death following discharge.

Objective: To evaluate the potential association between Salmonella enterica shedding in hospitalized horses and the risk of diarrhea among stablemates, and to characterize gastrointestinal-related illness and death following discharge among horses that shed S. enterica while hospitalized.

Design: Retrospective cohort study [corrected].