Displaced Stomach

[fiat100]

Just had a cow operated on this morning with a displaced stomach on the right hand side. Has anyone else had this and if so how long did it take for the cow to start eating again?

 

[alan6430]

Interesting. Got a cow here done the same, our vets didn’t recommend operating. Just left me with a cargo load of buscopan an marbocyl

 

[fiat100]

The vet told me that he had to operate because of the way it twisted it cut off the blood supply to the stomach and would have killed her

 

[Cows 'n grass]

I don't want to sound too miserable but we've operated twice on RDAs and neither of them ever got up again. I'm not sure I'd bother again, just drench with a jar of coffee and hope for the best.

 

[fiat100]

Tried the coffee first. Didn't work this time. Only reason we operated was because she is one of our top cows

 

[jimmer]

Had loads operated on for RDA , most picked up and kicked on , if she is really good give her an extended course of penstrep post op to fend off infection , get her eating concentrates asap

 

[ollie989898]

Much get gut refilled or it will only try to happen again, plus cow metabolism etc goes to pot real fast. Offer warm water and glycol solution to drink as well.

 

[pappuller]

Just had a cow operated on this morning with a displaced stomach on the right hand side. Has anyone else had this and if so how long did it take for the cow to start eating again?

weve had one or two over the years, is she a fresh cow ?

 

[Kingofgrass]

We’ve done a fair few,if you’ve got a pump,pump her 20/25ltrs very rare if they don’t come right after the op

 

[fiat100]

Yep calved Friday morning and only went off her feed last night

 

[westwards]

We have done a couple and they came OK, our vet now uses 20ml Vomend its usually for cats and dogs, instead of Buscopan
He jagged one 10 days ago and she is fine now.

 

[supercow]

I don't want to sound too miserable but we've operated twice on RDAs and neither of them ever got up again. I'm not sure I'd bother again, just drench with a jar of coffee and hope for the best.

Sorry @Cows 'n grass i don't want to sound like a dick here but I don't agree with you there, I would say our success rate (a cow with da went on to milk well and get back in calve) would be 80%! We've never had one that's been a disaster. Saying this,we had one in November and it was a recently qualified vetch at operated, took so so long to operate far longer than the guy I actualy requested to do the job. The cow did take a month or so to recover but she is now giving 40 litres looking reasonably well. I would never ever hesitate on operating on a cow that the vet has said is displaced.One thing I did learn last year was the longer you leave it the less likely she is to recover. Give her time, patience and tlc and she will come right. But, we have all had different experiences and all have our own opinions

 

[supercow]

Yep calved Friday morning and only went off her feed last night

You should have caught her soon enough! Is that your first displacement? How long have u been Farming?! Iv had maybe 10 in my short 10 year farming career

 

[Chris1986]

Sorry @Cows 'n grass i don't want to sound like a dick here but I don't agree with you there, I would say our success rate (a cow with da went on to milk well and get back in calve) would be 80%! We've never had one that's been a disaster. Saying this,we had one in November and it was a recently qualified vetch at operated, took so so long to operate far longer than the guy I actualy requested to do the job. The cow did take a month or so to recover but she is now giving 40 litres looking reasonably well. I would never ever hesitate on operating on a cow that the vet has said is displaced.One thing I did learn last year was the longer you leave it the less likely she is to recover. Give her time, patience and tlc and she will come right. But, we have all had different experiences and all have our own opinions

Big difference between LDA and RDA, the latter which it is. Never seem much use after.

 

[Cows 'n grass]

Sorry @Cows 'n grass i don't want to sound like a dick here but I don't agree with you there, I would say our success rate (a cow with da went on to milk well and get back in calve) would be 80%! We've never had one that's been a disaster. Saying this,we had one in November and it was a recently qualified vetch at operated, took so so long to operate far longer than the guy I actualy requested to do the job. The cow did take a month or so to recover but she is now giving 40 litres looking reasonably well. I would never ever hesitate on operating on a cow that the vet has said is displaced.One thing I did learn last year was the longer you leave it the less likely she is to recover. Give her time, patience and tlc and she will come right. But, we have all had different experiences and all have our own opinions

I'm glad others have had more success than me. As said in 500 calvings a year I can only remember four RDA's, two were cured with coffee and the other two were operated on and quickly died.

We get an LDA most years and I can't remember a single one that didn't make a full recovery.

 

[buffalo_soldier]

2 RDA's that I can remember, both fatal[emoji22]

All LDA's have recovered.

 

[supercow]

That is really good transition period must be perfected! That's been the difference with our business this last 7/8 years, transition period. I'm pretty sure it was an rda in November there,can't even remember!

 

[Moorlands]

I don't want to sound too miserable but we've operated twice on RDAs and neither of them ever got up again. I'm not sure I'd bother again, just drench with a jar of coffee and hope for the best.

Not heard of drenching with coffee before, is that just a rda trick? What does the coffee do? What sort of quantity of drench for a jar of coffee?

 

[Friesianfan]

Never had an LDA but twenty years ago when dad bought the farm I came from we also had to buy theclamp full of silage. It was. We had two rda’s. Both were operated on one survived, one didn’t. We only had 40 cows so losing one then was hard

 

[Cows 'n grass]

A whole big jar of instant coffee mixed with just enough water to make it into a liquid and then drench them with the whole lot at once. It must be the equivalent of about 100 cups of coffee and it sends their guts into spasm with the aim being that the abomasum bounces itself back into place under the rumen.

I think the quoted cure rate is only about 25% but that's not bad for something that only costs £3. I know that my last RDA op cost nearly £500 because I remembered writing a letter of complaint.