Clinical, laboratory and anatomopathological study of caudal vena cava thrombosis in cattle

ABSTRACT: This paper aimed to describe the main clinico-epidemiological, laboratory, and anatomopathological findings in 10 cattle affected with caudal vena cava thrombosis. The clinical signs observed were decreased milk production, reduced appetite, apathy, impairment of ruminal motility, cardiorespiratory disorders (tachycardia tachypnea), epistaxis, hemoptysis, ascites. Intercurrent diseases such as mastitis, metritis, phlebitis verified. hematological mild anemia, leukocytosis due neutrophilia regenerative left shift, hyperfibrinogenemia. pathological exams revealed thrombi cava, hepatomegaly, ascites, liver abscesses, pulmonary edema emphysema, abscesses lungs. association epidemiological information, respiratory distress, epistaxis or addition anemia neutrophilia, well occurrence thrombus findings, are indicative elements picture thrombosis cattle. It is reiterated that this disease has an unfavorable prognosis and, when diagnosed, animal must be culled.