Ruminal liquor profile in cattle affected with non-penetrating foreign body syndrome Fani Farheen1, Thorat M.G.2,†, Upadhye S.V.3, Kuralkar S.V.4, Bankar P.S.5 1Hospital Registrar (Surgery), Nagpur Veterinary College, Nagpur 2Professor and Head, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Nagpur Veterinary College, Nagpur 3Professor, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Nagpur Veterinary College, Nagpur 4Professor and Head, Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding, Post Graduate Institute of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (PGIVAS), Akola-444104 (Maharashtra) 5Assistant Professor, Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding, PGIVAS, Akola-444104 (Maharashtra) †Corresponding author; E-mail: milindthrt@yahoo.com
Online Published on 20 May, 2023. Abstract A study was conducted on 36 clinical cases of cattle affected with non-penetrating foreign body syndrome and subjected to laparorumenotomy. The cases were grouped according to the percentage of plastic recovered in relation to the body weight of animal as group I (1-5%), group II (5-10%) and group III (1020%). Ruminal liquor parameters such as ruminal pH, sedimentation activity time, methylene blue reduction time, total volatile fatty acids, total protozoal count and cellulose digestion time were studied on day 0 preoperatively and on 7th and 15th day postoperatively in all groups. As the amount of plastic and other non-penetrating foreign bodies increased between the three groups, the ruminal liquor parameters also exhibited significant alterations. All the parameters showed marked improvement on 7th and 15th day post-surgery. It was concluded that percentage of plastic and other non-penetrating foreign bodies has a considerable impact on the ruminal liquor parameters in cattle. Top Keywords Cattle, Non-penetrating foreign bodies, Rumenotomy, Ruminal liquor. Top |