title: Splenectomy for treatment of suppurative splenitis caused by a reticular foreign body in a heifer.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the clinical findings and treatment of a heifer with suppurative splenitis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Clinical report.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 30-month-old heifer.
  
  
  METHODS
  Splenectomy in the standing calf after local anesthesia and 13th rib resection.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The heifer had an uneventful recovery but was culled because of septic tarsitis 3 months later.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Splenectomy is a useful treatment for cattle with traumatic splenitis if diagnosed early. Partial splenectomy may have prevented the late complication of septic tarsitis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Suppurative splenitis is usually a complication of hardware disease and has a grave prognosis unless splenectomy is carried out.
authors.affiliation: Department of Farm Animals, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland. karl.nuss@lmu.de
authors.forename: Karl
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nuss
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Forster
authors.forename: Christof
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reichert
authors.forename: Evelyne
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Muggli
authors.forename: Ueli
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Braun
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000150:complications; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000662:veterinary; D012159:Reticulum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013156:Splenectomy / Q000662:veterinary*; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*