Foamy Bloat of Cattle. A Review

Foamy bloat of cattle. A review.

Bloat is a disorder of ruminants caused by retention of gas in the stomach. Gas is produced continuously and in large amounts in the ruminant stomach and is eliminated normaUy by the animal without difficulty. Sometimes, however, the rate of elimination falls behind the rate of production so that gas starts to accumulate in the rumino-reticulum (hereinafter called the rumen). If the disparity c...

Bloat in cattle grazing alfalfa cultivars selected for a low initial rate of digestion: A review

1Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada T1J 4V6 (e-mail: [email protected]); 2Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Range Research Unit, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada V2B 8A9; 3Research Centre, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada T1J 4B1; 4Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre, Summerland, British Columbia, Canada V0H 1Z0; 5Agricul...

A Review of Bloat in Ruminants ~

Bloat in cattle. XVII. Wheat pasture bloat and its prevention with poloxalene.

In four controlled experiments, it was established that bloat occurring in rumen fistulated cattle pastured on wheat is a foamy type. Poloxalene effectively prevented foaming, and bloat scores of controls and those receiving poloxalene differed significantly. Though differences among daily treatments of 1.0, 1.5 or 2.0 g of poloxalene per 100 lb (45.4 kg) body weight were nonsignificant, a dose...

Methods of Embryo Sexing in Cattle Breeding: A Review

Different livestock sectors as beef industries get benefit from the production of male animals while dairy industries get benefit from the milk production by the female animals. Therefore, it is obvious need to produce the animals of desired sex which can be achieved by predetermining the sex of conceptus at the time of conception i.e. pre determination of sex may be of great economic importanc...