The Farmer's Veterinarian: A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Farm StockBurkett, Charles William
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The Farmer's Veterinarian: A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Farm Stock
Burkett, Charles William
Veterinary medicine
Insert the trocar and canula, or if these are not available a knife may
be used. Make the puncture downward and forward and plunge the
instrument into the rumen.]
Bloating may take one or two forms; a mild case in which recovery
gradually follows, and a very severe form, where the only salvation is
in tapping to release the gas. If it is an ordinary case of bloating,
not very severe, ordinary remedies will give relief. Turpentine in doses
of 8 or 10 tablespoonfuls is good. Some use 4 tablespoonfuls of
hyposulphide of soda dissolved in water, with excellent results. Some
veterinarians give doses consisting of 4 tablespoonfuls of aromatic
spirits of ammonia in water as a drench. Ginger is frequently given, as
much as 4 tablespoonfuls diluted in warm water as a drench. To keep the
animal moving about is excellent.
In severe cases it is advisable to tap with the trocar and canula.
Indeed, tapping is the last resort if you would save the animal. These
are inserted on the left side of the skin and pushed into the rumen or
paunch, the incision being made about half way between the point of the
hip and the last rib. In introducing the trocar push in and down.
After the insertion is made, the trocar is withdrawn and the canula is
left in to furnish an opening through which the gas can escape. In case
the canula gets clogged with partially digested feed, insert the trocar
so as to push away the material and withdraw it again. If the trocar and
canula are not available, then use a pocket knife. Of course, be careful
that the incision is not made too large.
Just a few simple precautions are suggested here as a prevention of this
trouble. There is always danger from bloating when cattle or sheep are
turned into green pastures, especially when not accustomed to such feed
and especially when wet. It is advisable, therefore, to keep stock from
the pasture until later in the day when the dew has disappeared. Stock
should have their regular morning feed just as usual before being turned
on the pasture. They will have less greedy appetites, will not like to
gorge themselves, and hence the trouble will not be brought on.
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