Total parenteral nutrition in a premature rhinoceros calf
| Autor: | R. Eric Miller, Virginia M. Herrmann |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
030309 nutrition & dietetics Medicine (miscellaneous) Physiology Rhinoceros Bacteremia Hypoglycemia Enteral administration 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Medicine Animals Escherichia coli Infections Perissodactyla Black rhinoceros 0303 health sciences Nutrition and Dietetics biology Neonatal sepsis business.industry biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Surgery Animals Suckling Low birth weight Parenteral nutrition Animals Newborn Gestation 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology Female Parenteral Nutrition Total medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. 6(5) |
| ISSN: | 0884-5336 |
| Popis: | A female black rhinoceros calf developed significant hypoglycemia (blood glucose, 30 mg/dL) and hypothermia (97 degrees F) within 48 hours of birth and refused to nurse. Normal gestation of the black rhinoceros is 15 months, but elongated hoof slippers and low birth weight (30 kg) suggested prematurity in this calf. Clinical symptoms of neonatal sepsis including lassitude and poor sucking continued in spite of the aggressive use of antibiotics, and the calf required mechanical ventilatory support on day 7. Nutritional support including enteral gavage feedings (Pedialyte/4 ounces of SMA [Wyeth Ayerst] with sucraflox) had been instituted and was supplemented with total parenteral nutrition on day 5. Central venous access was obtained via a jugular cutdown. The total parenteral nutrition included appropriate electrolytes and vitamins for the neonatal calf but did not include trace elements. The use of total parenteral nutrition by our zoos for therapeutic purposes is increasing. Experience with total parenteral nutrition in exotic animals such as the black rhinoceros is limited, yet this may be an important therapeutic modality in these animals, particularly those in danger of extinction. |
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