Fluid Therapy for the Bovine Patient

Abstract

The purpose of this presentation is to illustrate our use of fluid therapy on bovine patients. There will not be a detailed discussion on serum electrolyte and / or pH changes. I do not wish to ignore the importance of those changes, as they were reviewed very closely in establishing our protocol for fluid therapy. However, my goal today is to keep detailed physiological information to a minimum in order to stress the very basics of how to initiate intravenous fluid therapy. Although I recognize the importance of oral fluid therapy, this paper will not address it.