If you’ve ever heard the saying "Your eyes were bigger than your stomach," you probably know it usually refers to an overindulgence on food, ending up with a bellyache. Like humans, cattle can ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Beef producers should expand their knowledge about grass tetany and bloat to protect their cows, said a Purdue University expert. The recent temperature change from cold to warm ...
Bloat is a common problem in ruminant animals if they can’t get rid of extra gas produced by rumen microbes during digestion. The enlarged gas-filled rumen puts pressure on the lungs and they can’t ...
When wheat pastures have endured dry conditions for months over the winter season and suddenly rain starts to fall in late winter and early spring, the wheat often responds with rapid, high-quality ...
Bloat can be a prominent issue this time of year for cattle grazing small grains pasture. Environment, weather, forage growth stage and forage quality all play a role in the occurrence of bloat. Even ...
VERNON -- A Texas A&M AgriLife Research animal nutritionist is trying to decrease the severity of frothy bloat, the major non-pathogenic cause of death and reduced performance in cattle grazing hard ...
Cattle deaths due to bloat are an economic loss, but the greater cost may come during the early stages of bloat, said a Texas Agricultural Experiment Station researcher at Vernon. "What you don't see ...
VERNON - Cattle deaths due to bloat are an economic loss, but the greater cost may come during the early stages of bloat, said a Texas Agricultural Experiment Station researcher at Vernon. "What you ...
“Bloat on cattle has been reported due to all the clover growing.” * “Calving season is in full swing,” said Missy Hodgin, AgriLife Extension agent for Clay County, east of Wichita Falls. “Cows are in ...
BLOAT (tympanites) in ruminants is characterized by distension of the forestomachs following interference with the normal elimination of gas produced by the microbial digestion of food in those organs ...
A vet manually deflated a bloated cow which was filled with pungent gas in order to save its life. Blake, who calls himself a cow, cat and dog veterinarian, shared a clip to TikTok revealing the ...