ACUTE RUMINAL IMPACTION IN CATTLE
Impaction in dairy animals refers to the failure of digestion, slow passage and accumulation of feed in one or more of the stomach compartments leading to constipation or absence of dung . In last few years this condition has emerged as one of the most common digestive disorder in dairy animals of Punjab. It is more common in pregnant or young cattle of less than 8 yr of age. Impaction is of two types . Primary impaction – it refers of accumulation of poor quality roughages in any of the forestomach compartments. It is relatively rare condition and involves nearly all animals of the herd. For example feeding of hybrid napier bajra was associated with one of outbreak of impaction in dairy animals in Punjab. Sometimes ingestion of inanimate or indigestible substance like ropes a polyethene is associated with such impaction in sporadic cases in herd. Secondary impaction – any inflammation of gut or associated organ which decease gut motility lead to second...
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