[Surgical treatment of carpal hygroma in cattle: 17 cases (1990-1994)].

This retrospective study describes the case reports of 17 cattle suffering from precarpal hygroma, admitted to the clinic for food animals and horses, University of Berne, between 1990 and 1994. The following criteria were evaluated: sex, age, and bodyweight, case history, clinical findings at admission, surgical technique, aftercare, and short- and long-term results. The hygroma was congenital in 3 cases and acquired at the age of 2 to 84 months in 14 cases.

Treadmill exercise of calves with different iron supply, husbandry, and work load.

Experiments were designed to study physiological responses of male veal calves to treadmill exercise, dependent on iron intake (20, 35, and 50 mg of iron/kg of milk powder, respectively). Calves were fattened from 75 to 180 kg BW and were either restrained or could freely move on straw litter. The ADG and feed utilization as well as haemoglobin and the plasma iron concentration were positively influenced by iron intake (P < or = 0.