HEMORRHAGIC BOWEL SYNDROME IN DAIRY CATTLE

Akın KIRBAŞ ¹ , Haydar ÖZDEMİR ²

Hemorrhagic bowel syndrome (HBS) is an intestinal disease that have been frequently seen in recent years and having high mortality rate in adult dairy cows. Other names given to HBS include jejunal hemorrhage syndrome, bloody gut, dead gut, and clostridial enteritis. HBS is characterized by sudden, progressive, and occasionally massive hemorrhage into the small intestine, with subsequent formation of clots with in the intestine that create obstruction. The disease is seen most commonly in adult dairy cows in early lactation, although cases occasionally occur in late lactation or the dry period. In this review, current knowledge has been presented with respect of recent literatures on etiology, epidemiology, clinical signs, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment and prophylactic methods in dairy cattle with HBS.

Keywords
Bowel, C.perfringens type A, Dairy cattle, Hemorrhagic bowel syndrome, Lactation,