Year: 2018 | Month: August | Volume 8 | Issue 4
Bovine Ruminal Acidosis: Rumen Liquor Profile and its Therapeutic Management
Abstract:
Ruminal acidosis is one of the common condition that oftenly found on account of ingestion of excessive amounts of readily fermented carbohydrate by ruminants. The present study was planned to characterize ruminal fluid and its therapeutic efficacy of suitable probiotics in the management of ruminal acidosis. A total of 265 animals were screened from different areas of Jammu region including the cases that were presented in Teaching Veterinary Clinical Complex, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, R.S. Pura. Forty three (43) animals were found positive for acidosis. The overall prevalence of ruminal acidosis including sub-acute form in Jammu region was 16.22%. The mean value of all acidotic animals was found 5.11 ±0.06. The odour of ruminal fluid of acidotic animals was pungent, sour and fishy whereas the consistency was watery. The mean Methylene blue reduction test time and the protozoal count in rumen liquor in acidotic animal were found to be of 9.50±.53 min and 0.66×105/ml respectively. The microscopic evaluation of Gram-stained rumen fluid of acidotic animals was increased Gram +ve. The altered ruminal fluid parameters were returned to normal following fortnight probiotics treatment.
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