Use of a multifenestrated indwelling lavage system for treatment of septic digital teno-synovitis in cattle |
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| Authors: | DE ANDERSON D ALLEN G ST-JEAN AH PARKS |
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| Institution: | Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210. USA;Department of Large Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 27606, USA;Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506-5606, USA. Current address: Ross University, St-Kitts, West Indies |
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| Abstract: | Septic tenosynovitis was diagnosed in seven cattle on the basis of history, physical examination, radiographs, cytological examination of tendon sheath fluids, and microbial culture. A commercially available indwelling multifenestrated silicone rubber drain was used to perform frequent lavage of the flexor tendon sheaths. The sepsis resolved in all cattle. Five of six cattle for which long-term (> 1 year) follow-up information was available were clinically sound on the affected limb and had remained productive members of the herd. |
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| Keywords: | Cattle lameness tenosynovitis sepsis |
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