rumen acidosis in small ruminants and its therapeutic management

Rumen Acidosis in Small Ruminants and Its Therapeutic Management

Forty two small ruminants, 26 (61.90%) sheep and 16 (38.10%) goats were treated for rumen acidosis. 19 (45.24%), 12 (28.57%), 6 (14.29%) and 5 (11.90%) animals had eaten apple, cooked rice (wazwan left over) turnip and chapatti respectively and manifested clinical form of ruminal acidosis with, 2.86%; (n=18) as mild (Rumen fluid pH=6.32 ±0.09316), 38.09%;(n=16)moderate (Rumen fluid pH=5.71 ±0.0...

Investigations on rumen and claw health of different wild ruminants related to subacute ruminal acidosis

In this study four ruminant species of Nuremberg Zoo were evaluated for subacute ruminal acidosis according to the feeding management. Parameters of microbiological fermentation of the rumen as well as rumen tissue samples were examined. Additionally, investigations on claw health, in terms of laminitis were made. Three of the four species, all grassand roughage feeders, showed severe character...

Rumen Acidosis in Dairy Cattle: Bunk Management Considerations

Despite diet formulation for chemical (15) and physically-effective fiber (12) minimums, nonstructural carbohydrate (NSC) and starch maximums (16), and the use of total mixed rations (TMR), some degree of SARA may be inevitable in high-producing dairy herds because total chewing and rumination times per kg of rumen-fermentable organic matter (RFOM) intake declines as RFOM intake increases (Figu...

Medical Management of Urolithiasis in Small Ruminants

In small ruminants especially in caprine breeds clinical obstructive urolithiasis is most frequently seen in young males that have been castrated at an extremely young age because of marketing to the pet market rather than the production market. The stones can be composed of phosphate and calcium salts: calcium phosphate (apatite), magnesium ammonium phosphate (struvite), calcium carbonate, cal...

Management of Urinary Obstruction in Small Ruminants

Urolithiasis is a disorder in small ruminants that is frequently seen in castrated males. This urinary tract disease most often involves the urethra, especially at sites where narrowing of the urethral diameter occurs, such as in the distal part of the sigmoid flexure or in the vermiform appendage (urethral process). Struvite and apetite are the more common uroliths seen in the regions of North...

Ciliates of the Rumen of Domestic Ruminants in Kashan.