title: Abomasal impaction associated with anorexia and mortality in lambs.
abstract: Anorexia in forty-six (6.1%) out of 753 neonatal lambs was investigated. Thirty-five of these lambs (76.1%) died while eleven (23.9%) recovered after treatment. Coagulated rubber-like milk clots were found in fifteen (42.9%), phytobezoars in nine (25.7%) and trichophytobezoars and coarse straws in eleven (31.4%) of the dead lambs.
authors.affiliation: International Livestock Centre for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Njau
authors.forename: O B
authors.initials: OB
authors.lastname: Kasali
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Scholtens
mesh_terms: D000018:Abomasum; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D000855:Anorexia / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D001630:Bezoars / Q000662:veterinary*; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000662:veterinary*; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000209:etiology