Clinical Assessment and Surgical Management of Umbilical Masses in Calves

Donald F. Smith

doi:10.21423/bovine-vol1985no20p82-84

Clinical Assessment and Surgical Management of Umbilical Masses in Calves

Authors

Donald F. Smith Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2015 Linden Drive West Madison, Wisconsin 53706

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol1985no20p82-84

Keywords:

abscesses, calf diseases, calves, omphalitis, surgery, umbilical hernia

Abstract

With accurate preoperative clinical diagnosis, prognosis for the surgical repair of umbilical masses in calves is very good. Table 1 outlines the physical criteria of abdominal masses so as to arrive at a diagnosis in a step-wise manner.

Cover image of the 20th Volume of the Bovine Practitioner: A photo of Niagra falls from the opposite side of the falls, a small tour boat in the center right gives scale to the sheer magnitude and power of the falls.

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Published

1985-11-01

How to Cite

Smith, D. F. (1985). Clinical Assessment and Surgical Management of Umbilical Masses in Calves. The Bovine Practitioner, 1985(20), 82–84. https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol1985no20p82-84