2016 ACVIM Forum Research Abstract Program

In conclusion, even if hyperketonemia is associated with low to moderate sensitivity from week to week, the test shows good specificity with relatively low prevalence of mortality. For this reason hyperketonemia appeared as a cheap test to assess the risk of mortality during the last month of pregnancy. However, others parameters should be evaluated to access prognosis in goat with PT. The objectives were to measure the pH of abomasal outflow fluid as an indicator of abomasal pH in adult cattle after administration of the H 2 -receptor agonist famotidine as a single dose of 0.4 mg/kg IV or as three doses of 0.4 mg/kg IV every eight hours to mimic clinical application and secondly to describe the pharmacokinetic behavior of intravenous famotidine in adult cattle.