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The prevalences of the individual laboratory and ultrasonographic findings varied greatly among the different types of ileus; hypochloraemia ranged from 98.4 to 12.4%, hypokalaemia from 98.4 to 42.4%, azotaemia from 91.9 to 38.3%, acidosis from 47.8 to 3.3%, and haemoconcentration from 71.7 to 23.2%. Ultrasonographically, dilated small intestine varied from 100 to 43.3%, intestinal atony from 98.4 to 0%, free abdominal fluid from 66.7 to 16.0%, abomasal dilatation from 44.4 to 0%, and empty poststenotic small intestine from 34.9 to 0%. The cause of the ileus was detected in only 12.0% of the cattle examined. Ultrasonography is ideally suited for the visualisation of typical signs characteristic of ileus (intestinal dilatation and intestinal atony) but less so for determining the cause. 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