What about obstruction of bovine esophagus?

When raising cattle, there will be esophageal obstruction, also known as esophageal infarction, which is caused by the retention of feed in the esophagus, which is a sudden disease. If it is not treated in time, it may cause esophageal paralysis and inflammation in cattle. In severe cases, it may cause esophageal perforation or suffocation. So what caused the obstruction of bovine esophagus? How to prevent and cure it? Let's take a look.

1. The cause of disease

When eating large pieces of feed, such as radish, sweet potato, etc., it becomes acute swallowing without adequate chewing, making the feed stuck in the esophagus, or the cow itself suffers from esophageal disease, which causes the disease by retaining the feed in the esophagus during feeding.

2. Symptoms

It usually occurs suddenly during feeding, with symptoms of salivation, panic, neck, empty chewing and continuous swallowing, and hard objects can be clearly felt by hand squeezing on the surface of the cow's esophagus. In addition, because there is a large amount of saliva accumulated in the esophagus before obstruction, there is a phenomenon of expansion in the local area, there is a sense of flow in the press, and saliva will flow out of the mouth and nose. When the esophagus is completely blocked, the cow will cause rumen dyspnea due to the cessation of belching, while when the esophagus is completely blocked, it will cause long-term blockage and esophageal paralysis, inflammation and perforation.

3. Treatment methods

If rumen dyspnea has occurred in cattle or in the course of treatment, rumen puncture can be carried out with a puncture needle to avoid asphyxiation. When the obstruction is about half of the esophagus, you can push the lower part of the obstruction on the outside of the esophagus to make it go up to the throat, and then use the mouth opener to pull out the obstruction by hand, otherwise, push it to the stomach. A small amount of edible oil can be injected into the esophagus to play the role of lubrication, and then use the tool to push the blockage into the stomach to avoid esophageal damage.

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