INDIAN VETERINARY JOURNAL, cilt.81, sa.9, ss.984-985, 2004 (SCI-Expanded)
Traumatic reticuloperitonitis (TRP), which results from penetration of reticulum and peritoneum by metallic foreign bodies, causes various clinical problems such as stasis of gastrointestinal system, vagal indigestion, thoracic, hepatic or reticular abcesses, pericarditis, peritonitis, myocarditis or other secondary problems (Ducharme, 1990; Ward and Ducharme, 1994; Radostits et al., 1994).