Laparoscopic diagnosis in 13 cases of left abomasal displacement in cows

The aim of this work is to evaluate the reliability of the laparoscopic via left paralumbar fossain LDA diagnostic work-up and furtherlyto asses its usefullnessin early controversial cases. A series of 13 cows with provisional diagnosis of LDA underwent laparoscopy via paralumbar fossa. Recurrent LDA was suspected in 5 cases and early LDA ping negativa in the remaining 8 cases. Left abomasal displacementwas laparoscopically confirmed in 10 out the 13 cows. According to the results of our study, laparoscopy might be considered a succesfull method in detecting ping negative LDA allowing en early treatment of this lesion.