Table 3.

Laboratory findings in cattle with small intestinal strangulation depending on anatomic location of the ileus (means, medians, standard deviations, 25th to 75th percentiles)¹

Variable	Finding	Duodenum	Jejunum	Ileum	Jej + Il
Rumen chloride	Mean/Median	50/45a	23/22b	24/26	32/24
(mmol/L)	SD (25th-75th percentiles)	29 (21–26)	7 (14–16)	8 (11–14)	19 (15–17)
	n	9	18	14	8
Potassium	Mean/Median	2.9/2.8a	3.9/3.9	4.1/4.2b	4.0/4.1b
(mmol/L)	SD (25th-75th percentiles)	0.6 (2.0-2.3)	0.8 (2.7–3.2)	0.6 (3.2–3.5)	0.8 (2.6–3.2)
	n	10	21	16	10
Chloride (mmol/L)	Mean/Median	87/93a	101/102	102/103b	104/105b
	SD (25th-75th percentiles)	11(69–75)	10 (77–88)	11 (93–98)	6 (95–100)
	n	10	21	16	10
pH	Mean/Median	7.48/7.49a	7.40/7.40b	7.39/7.40b	7.39/7.38b
	SD (25th-75th percentiles)	0.04 (7.42–7.44)	0.06 (7.28–7.35)	0.06 (7.36–7.38)	0.04 (7.33–7.37)
	n	9	12	13	10
Base excess	Mean/Median	15/18a	2/2	1/0b	-1/-2b
(mmol/L)	SD (25th-75th percentiles)	9 (0.7–6.3)	5 (-8.6 - -1.6)	4 (-4.8- -1.9)	3 (-4.5- -4.0)
	n	9	12	13	10
Bicarbonate	Mean/Median	38/40a	26/27	25/24b	23/22b
(mmol/L)	SD (25th-75th percentiles)	9 (25–30)	5 (15–22)	4 (20–23)	3 (18–20)
	n	9	12	13	10
pCO2	Mean/Median	53/52a	44/44	43/42b	40/40b
(mmHg)	SD (25th-75th percentiles)	9 (43–45)	7 (30–39)	6 (33–39)	4 (32–36)
	n	9	12	13	10
Bilirubin (μmol/L)	Mean/Median	14/11a	7/6	5/5b	6/6
	SD (25th-75th percentiles)	9 (5–7)	5 (3–4)	3 (1–3)	3 (2–3)
	n	10	21	16	10
AST (U/L)	Mean/Median	232/145a	108/83	78/69b	90/87
	SD (25th-75th percentiles)	217 (57–89)	70 (65–73)	31 (50–63)	23 (57–69)
	n	10	21	16	10
γ-GT (U/L)	Mean/Median	60/36a	17/17b	20/18	20/20
	SD (25th-75th percentiles)	78 (12–21)	3 (12–15)	8 (12–14)	4 (15–18)
	n	10	21	16	10

¹ Of the variables listed in Table 2, only those with significant differences (Kruskal Wallis test) between locations are shown

Within rows, values with different superscripts differ (P < 0.05)

Jej + Il = Jejunum + Ileum