Prevention and treatment of rumen food accumulation in cattle

The rumen accumulated food of cattle is also called acute rumen dilatation, which is due to the accumulation of too much roughage in the rumen, which leads to the increase of rumen volume, the dilation of rumen wall, the disorder of rumen digestion and movement, and the palpation of hard. rumen peristaltic sound weakens or disappears, let's take a look at the prevention and treatment of rumen accumulation.

Symptoms of rumen food accumulation in cattle

In the early stage of the disease, appetite, ruminating, belching decreased or stopped, dryness under nasal endoscope, such as arching waist, looking back to the abdomen, kicking the abdomen, shaking the tail, restlessness. During palpation, the rumen is full and solid like a sandbag, with a sense of pain. Percussion is voiced. The rumen peristaltic sound of auscultation weakens at first and then disappears. Severe dyspnea, moaning, vomiting fecal water, sometimes flowing out of the nasal cavity. If they are not treated in time, they will die widely because of dehydration, poisoning, exhaustion or asphyxia.

Etiology of rumen food accumulation in cattle

1. Eat too much fodder that is easy to expand, such as beans, grains and so on.

2. Eat a large number of uncut semi-dry and non-wet sweet potato seedlings, peanut seedlings, bean straw and so on.

3. The sudden change of feed, especially the change from roughage to concentrate is not limited, it is easy to cause the disease.

4. Because of weak body, weak digestive ability, lack of exercise, eating a lot of feed and lack of drinking water.

5. Rumen relaxation, valvular obstruction, traumatic reticulitis, true gastritis and thermal disease can also be secondary.

Treatment of rumen food accumulation in cattle

1. Massage therapy: massage the rumen with the palm of the left side of the cow, 5-10 minutes at a time, every 30 minutes. Combined with a large amount of warm water, the effect is better.

2, diarrhea treatment: magnesium sulfate or sodium sulfate 500ml 800g, add 1000 ml of water, liquid paraffin oil or vegetable oil 1000ml-1500ml, give cattle oral administration, accelerate the excretion of rumen contents.

3. Peristaltic therapy: drugs that stimulate rumen peristalsis, such as 10% hypertonic sodium chloride 300 ml 500 ml, intravenous injection, and neostigmine 20 ml 60 ml, intramuscular injection can get a good therapeutic effect.

4. Gastric lavage therapy: a rubber or plastic tube with a diameter of 4 cm 5 cm and a length of 250 cm 300 cm is introduced into the rumen and then twitches back and forth to stimulate rumen contraction and make the rumen liquid flow out through the catheter. If the rumen contents can not flow out in vain, the funnel can be connected at the other end of the catheter and warm water is injected into the rumen. When all the liquid in the funnel flows into the catheter, the funnel is removed and the cow's head and catheter are lowered. The rumen contents are drawn out of the body by siphon. So repeatedly, the concentrate can be washed out.

5. Intravenous rehydration method: when the diet of diseased cattle is wasted, when dehydration is obvious, intravenous rehydration and alkali should be given at the same time, such as 25% glucose 500ml 1000ml, compound sodium chloride solution or 5% sugar saline 3ml 4L, 5% sodium bicarbonate solution 500ml 1000ml and so on.

6. Rumen incision therapy: Rumen incision therapy is a severe and stubborn accumulation of food. when the application of drugs has no effect, rumen incision is feasible to remove rumen contents.