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Fatal transesophageal carotid arterial perforation by thorns in a calf
1Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia 65211.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
|December 1, 1988
Abstract:
A Charolais bull calf died about 4 days after perforation of the left common carotid artery by thorns of a twig that had become lodged temporarily in the esophagus. The calf initially drooled blood-tinged saliva and drank with difficulty. Necropsy revealed severe anemia and a large volume of blood in the gastrointestinal tract.