Treatment of acute rumen dyspnea in cattle with cut tobacco

Acute rumen dyspnea is a common disease in cattle. When cattle are fed with a large amount of easily fermented feed, especially legumes before flowering, the disease is most likely to occur; in addition, feeding mildew spoilage, poisonous plants, frosty or dewy forage will also promote the occurrence of the disease.

The diseased cattle showed rapid expansion of the abdomen, obvious heave of the left cranium, and elasticity during palpation. In severe cases, there are restless expression, dyspnea, severe heartbeat, weak pulse and conjunctival cyanosis. In the later stage of the disease, the sick cow is depressed, it is extremely difficult to breathe, and he is unwilling to walk. If he is forced to lead the cow, his gait stumbles and wobbles from side to side. Due to the rapid illness, short course of disease, if not timely treatment, sick cattle are often blocked by belching, breathing difficulties, and finally asphyxiated to death. For many years, because of lack of medicine and medicine, farm cattle in some remote areas used local materials to treat more than 20 cases with cut tobacco. The results showed that the effect was satisfactory.

For example, a 3-year-old male buffalo in the first squadron of the fourth brigade in the spring of 1989 developed acute rumen dyspnea due to excessive intake of safflower, that is, boil 600 grams of cooking oil, add 125 grams of cut tobacco, add 1 kilogram and 1.5 kilograms of water, and take it when it is cool or warm; at the same time, the peeled Toona sinensis stick is held horizontally in the mouth of the diseased cattle, and the two ends are tied on the horns, and the diseased cattle move slowly. Half an hour later, the symptoms were alleviated, the abdominal distension was gradually reduced, the fossa was then restored in the left cranium, the rumen began to peristalsis, and the rumen regurgitation was also restored.

If sheep have acute rumen dyspnea, it can also be treated with this method, but the dosage should be reduced accordingly.

After the above treatment, although the appetite and ruminating function of diseased cattle have begun to recover, do not rush to feed. Wait two hours before feeding a small amount of soft, low-moisture and digestible forage, and then gradually return to normal feeding.