UKVDL Rounds:
An Unusual Case of Distal Limb Necrosis in a Suckling Beef Calf
Uneeda Bryant DVM, Associate Professor of Veterinary Pathology Megan Romano, DVM, DABVT, Associate Professor (Toxicology) Michelle Arnold, DVM, MPH, DABVP (Food Animal), Clinical Professor Department of Veterinary Science, University of KY Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
This case describes distal limb necrosis in a single, nursing mixed breed in Kentucky. Distal limb necrosis of (fungal) mycotoxins. Known mycotoxins associated with distal limb necrosis are the ergot alkaloids Epichloë coenophiala) that can infect tall fescue (Schedonorus arundinaceus Dumort.), as well as ergot fungus, seed heads of grasses and small grains. as an encircling wire can occlude distal limbs leading to necrosis and extreme
The owners had treated the calf with oxytetracycline and “scour tabs”
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(likely sulfamethazine tablets) and the owners noted the rear legs began to swell followed by necrosis of the the hindfeet were absent and the calf was walking on bone. No ligature or
bones are discolored black with a dry (Photo 2). Discernible tendons that
The terminal colon contains light (tendons). Within the metatarsal lumens contain encysted and intraluminal coccidian organisms of and cellular debris. Occasional lumen. Within the abomasum, within the mucosa.
aerobic and anaerobic culture and Staphylococcus Cryptosporidium, and Salmonella. On
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