Clinical Examination of Farm Animals - CYF MEDICAL DISTRIBUTION

CHAPTER 8
Figure 8.11 Traumatic reticulitis.The
animal is reluctant to move, has an arched
back and grunts while defaecating with a
raised tail.
Figure 8.12 The withers pinch test for anterior abdominal pain.
Physical tests for the anterior abdominal pain
which is usually associated with traumatic reticulitis
are the withers pinch test, the bar test, the knee test
and the Eric Williams’ test.
Withers pinch test – The withers pinch test is performed
by grasping a fold of skin over the withers
(Fig. 8.12). This will cause the animal to dip the
spine. If there is a penetrating foreign body which
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