PRESENTATION BY

R.JACOB
BVM 07041
CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE
OF PARA LUMBAR FOSSA
 TRIANGULAR DEPRESSION IN THE
UPPER PART OF THE FLANK
BOUNDED BY
DORSALLY BY TRANVERSE PROCESS
OF LUMBAR VERTEBRAE L2-L5,
CRANIALLY BY THE LAST RIB ,
CAUDO-VENTRALLY BY TENSION
RIDGE CREATED BY ABDOMINAL
VISCERA ON THE VENTRAL PART
OF THE INTERNAL OBLIQUE
MUSCLE
 ADULTRUMINANT ENTIRE LEFT SIDE OF THE
ABDOMINAL CAVITY IS OCCUPIED BY RUMEN
WITH THE DORSAL SAC LOCATED IN THE PARA
LUMBAR FOSSA
 FOR CONDUCTING
RUMENOTOMY
TO FEEL RUMINAL MOVEMENTS
TO PALPATE RUMEN
CONDUCT LAPARATOMY ON
LEFT SIDE
ON RIGHT SIDE –ENTEROTOMY
& CAECAL BIOPSY
Listen to the rumen
contractions by
placing stethoscope
in the left
paralumbar fossa.
Normal rumen
contractions (1-
3/minute)
To assess rumen
consistency
PALPATION OF RUMEN

 LEFT PARA LUMBAR FOSSA IS AN

IDEAL PLACE FOR OBSERVING THE
MOTILITY OF RUMEN

 TO DETECT DIGESTIVE PROBLEMS

OPENING OF RUMEN
PRECEDED BY LAPRATOMY IN
PARALUMBAR FOSSA
INDICATIONS;
 SEVERE IMPACTION
 TRAUMATIC RETICULO PERICARDITIS

SITE;
 LEFT PARA LUMBAR FOSSA , A VERTICAL
INCISION 6-8 INCHES LONG FOLLOWED
BY INCISION IN RUMINAL WALL
 PARACENTESIS ABDOMEN
PUNCTURING OF ABDOMEN
INDICATIONS
TO RELIEVE EXCESS GASES FROM THE RUMEN
FOR COLLECTION OF RUMEN LIQUOR FOR
DIAGNOSTIC PURPOSE
SITE
PARA LUMBAR FOSSA ON LEFT SIDE IN CATTLE
PUNCTURE OF RUMEN
PRECEDED BY PARACENTESIS ABDOMEN
INDICATIONS;
 TO RELIEVE ACUTE TYMPANY BLOAT AS AN EMERGENCY
MEASURE
 FOR DIRECT MEDICATION INTO THE RUMEN

SITE;
LEFT PARA LUMBAR FOSSA
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