A Probe For Collection of Ruminal Fluid in Juvenile Cattle and Cows

Authors

  • Thomas Geishauser Medical and Forensic Veterinary Clinic II, (Internal Diseases of Ruminants), Justus-Liebig-University, 63 Gießen, FRG

Keywords:

forestomach fluid, juvenile cattle, cattle instrumemts, foamy bloat, ruminal fluid

Abstract

In order to avoid saliva contamination, forestomach fluid used for diagnostic purposes should be collected from the ventral sac of the rumen. In adult cattle instrumemts therefore are commercially available (17,3) (I-III). In juvenile cattle there are no instruments available that are tested for these purposes. Tölgyesi and Goóts used Kaltenböck's probe for collecting ruminal fluid in adult cattle (7). This instrument was developed for the treatment of foamy bloat (5). It is obtainable in two different sizes for the use in adult and in juvenile cattle (IV). We modified the modell for juvenile cattle and tested it in juvenile cattle and cows for the collection of ruminal fluid (4) (V) .

Cover image of the Third Volume of the 25th Conference Proceedings: An earl-morning photo of farmland. A small farm is nestled among rolling hills, fields stretching across a curving road that disappears between dark green trees. The barn is a cheery red color with a tin roof. Beneath the photo is the a statement of the conference's theme in white italics: Challenges of the Bovine Industry in the Twenty-First Century. Deep red background.

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Published

1992-08-31

Issue

1992: Volume 3

Section

Digestive Dysfunction & Diseases