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Table 1 Rectal temperature and heart and respiratory rates in cattle with traumatic reticuloperitonitis

From: Clinical and laboratory findings in 503 cattle with traumatic reticuloperitonitis

Variable

Finding

Range

Number of cattle

Percent

Rectal temperature

(39.0 ± 0.7 °C)

(n = 503)

Normal

38.0–39.0

263

52

Decreased

36.4–37.9

23

5

Mildly increased

39.1–39.5

146

29

Moderately increased

39.6–40.0

45

9

Severely increased

40.1–41.3

26

5

Heart rate

(median = 76 bpm)

(n = 502)

Normal

60–80

348

69

Decreased

40–59

24

5

Mildly increased

81–100

108

22

Moderately increased

101–120

15

3

Severely increased

121–162

7

1

Respiratory rate

(median = 28 breaths per min) (n = 501)

Normal

21–40

357

71

Decreased

12–20

102

21

Increased

41–100

42

8