Medical management of acute hemorrhage in an alpaca
| dc.contributor.author | Litteer, Jessica | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2008-09-02T19:18:28Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2008-09-02T19:18:28Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2003-10-22 | |
| dc.description.abstract | A 6-year-old female alpaca in late gestation presented to the Large Animal Medicine Service at Cornell University Hospital for Animals for evaluation and treatment of acute hemorrhage due to a vaginal tear. Although the hemorrhage stopped shortly after presentation, her packed cell volume (PCV) and total protein (TP) continued to fall over the subsequent 24 hours. A whole blood transfusion was performed with minimal complications using a donor alpaca supplied by the farm manager. One day following admission, no evidence of fetal life could be detected using transabdominal ultrasonography. A Caesarian section was performed after the alpaca failed to abort the deceased fetus. The alpaca remained stable and was discharged to the farm manager five days later. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1813/11281 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Senior seminar paper | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Seminar SF610.1 2004 L58 | |
| dc.subject | Alpaca -- Diseases -- Case studies | en_US |
| dc.title | Medical management of acute hemorrhage in an alpaca | en_US |
| dc.type | term paper | en_US |
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