Département des Sciences Cliniques, Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Qc, Canada.
Vet J. 2010 Jun;184(3):258-63. doi: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2009.05.005. Epub 2009 Sep 5.
Heart disease in cattle remains medically challenging both to diagnose and to treat. This is in part due to its low incidence in the bovine species but also because the prognosis is typically guarded to poor. The majority of published data concerning bovine heart disease are case studies and case reports. The aim of this article is to review the evidence-based medicine on the principal heart diseases of cattle (pericarditis, bacterial endocarditis, congenital heart defects, cor pulmonale, dilated cardiomyopathy and heart neoplasms), with emphasis on their diagnosis, prognosis and treatment.
牛的心脏病在医学上的诊断和治疗都极具挑战性。这部分是由于其在牛种中的发病率较低，但也因为预后通常较差。大多数关于牛心脏病的已发表数据都是病例研究和病例报告。本文的目的是回顾牛的主要心脏病（心包炎、细菌性心内膜炎、先天性心脏缺陷、肺心病、扩张型心肌病和心脏肿瘤）的循证医学证据，重点关注其诊断、预后和治疗。
