Vol. 11, Special Issue 10 (2022)

Author(s):
Shivamurthy Vakare, NA Patil, Baswaraj Nitture, Vivek R Kasaralikar, D Dilip Kumar, MD Suranagi and B Ramachandra

Abstract:
An abattoir survey was carried out to know incidence of rumen impaction due to non-penetrating foreign bodies in sheep. Sheep presented to veterinary college hospital, Bidar with signs suggestive of ruminal impaction, chronic anorexia and recurrent bloat were screened. From these six sheep confirmed having plastic material after performing rumenotomy were utilized to compare clinical, rumen liquor, haematological, biochemical changes and radiography with the apparently healthy sheep taken as control. The overall incidence of rumen impaction was 10.79% in sheep due to non-penetrating foreign body syndrome. The clinical examination revealed reduced force of ruminal contraction. Haematological examination revealed leukocytosis, neutrophilia and lymphopenia in all sheep affected with the foreign body syndrome. Rumen liquor examination revealed alkaline pH, reduced protozoal motility, protozoal count and TVFA concentration and marked increase in MBRT and SAT. Serum analysis revealed hypoproteinemia, hypoalbuminaemia, hypoglycemia, hypocalcemia and hypophosphatemia. Radiography was not highly diagnostic in detection of non-penetrating foreign bodies since most of them were radiolucent.