Abstract A female goat in late gestation was presented to a veterinary teaching hospital due to the sudden onset of abdominal distention and signs of cardiovascular depression. On admission, the goat exhibited an overloaded rumen, which seemed noticeably distant from the abdominal wall on the left‐hand side. A vital fetus was palpable cranioventrally to the rumen on the left. Ballottement and simultaneous auscultation resulted in extensive splashing sounds at the cranioventral abdomen on the left‐hand side. Ultrasonography confirmed abomasal displacement by visualising the pylorus in the lower left abdominal quadrant. The goat was placed on its back and slowly lowered back onto the left side while the abdomen was swung by rhythmic fist pressure. The physiological reposition of the abomasum was controlled by ultrasonography. The goat showed no recurrence of the disease and gave birth to a normal‐sized and vital kid 10 days later.
Petzl et al. (Tue,) studied this question.