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Gurgel HJ, de Oliveira Monteiro FD, Barroso JPM, de Sousa LA, Dos Santos GMA, da Cunha Rossy K, da Silva VS, do Espirito Santo Fernandes C, Silva CRG, Dos Santos Albuquerque R, Borges LPB, Araújo LHV, Dos Santos DL, da Câmara Barros FFP, Teixeira PPM. Laparoscopy assisted abomasal cannulation in cadavers of bovine fetuses. BMC Vet Res 2022; 18:378. [PMID: 36284310 PMCID: PMC9598014 DOI: 10.1186/s12917-022-03473-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2022] [Accepted: 10/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Due to the complexity of ruminant digestion, cannulation of organs of the digestive tract has been carried out in order to advance the understanding of digestive physiology, nutrient degradability, gastrointestinal diseases and biotechnological research. The abomasal cannulation is interesting for nutritional studies, especially in suckling calves, to obtain fluid and abomasal content, evaluation of abomasal flow and function, and infusion of nutrients and drugs when it is intended to reach high concentrations in the organ. Conventionally, access and cannulation of digestive organs of ruminants has been performed by laparotomy, a method often criticized and classified as cruel by some sectors related to ethics and animal welfare. The aim of this present study is to describe and standardize a minimally invasive by laparoscopy assisted abomasal cannulation in bovine fetuses (cadavers), which had been previously slaughtered by accident and would be discarded in local slaughterhouses. RESULTS The abomasal cannulation technique was feasible, simple and did not present major difficulties. The surgical time for cannulation of the abomasum, from the insertion of the trocars to the completion of the technique with fixation of the organ to the abdominal wall, ranged from 9 to 27 min, with an average of 15.5 ± 6.62 min. CONCLUSIONS The Laproscopic assisted abomasal cannulation in bovine fetuses was feasible and safe with minimal tissue injury to the abdominal wall and with short surgical time. More studies in the clinical routine related to minimally invasive abomasal content collection, abomasopexy and abomasotomy are required in order to demonstrate its impact and importance in bovine clinic.
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Affiliation(s)
- Heytor Jales Gurgel
- Veterinary Medicine Institute of Pará Federal University, Belém, 68.740-970, Brazil
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- Campus Araguatins of Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Tocantins (IFTO), Palmas, 77.950-000, Brazil.
- Veterinary Hospital, Veterinary Institute, Pará Federal University (HV/IMV/UFPA, Castanhal Campus II, Br 316, Km 62, Castanhal, PA, 68743-97014.884-900, Brazil.
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- Veterinary Medicine Institute of Pará Federal University, Belém, 68.740-970, Brazil
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