Bloat in cattle is a dilation of the rumen. Symptoms of bloat include abnormal protrusion of the abdomen, ill-thrift of the animal, refusal of feed and water, lethargy or (unfortunately) being found dead in the pasture or barn. The best way to tell if an animal has bloated is to look at the left side. If there seems to be an unusual swelling out on the left side when viewed from the front or rear of the animal, this is an indicator of bloat. In addition to the symptoms mentioned above, the animal may also kick at its belly. And of course, if you don't catch it soon, especially severe cases, you may have a dead animal on your hands.
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Not really, but sometimes it can be, especially if you don't know when to feed it to cattle. Feeding alfalfa hay (straight alfalfa, mind you, with no grass) when cattle are really hungry will invite problems with bloat. Though the bloat won't be as severe as if you put them on fresh alfalfa, it still will be serious enough that you can't let it go untreated. Thus most producers prefer to feed hay that includes grass mixed in with alfalfa to have that extra roughage content so cattle won't bloat as readily.
Highlanders can get the same kind of illnesses that other cattle get: pink eye, mastitis, foot rot, coccidiosis, acidosis, bloat, etc.
The first sign is that the left side of the cow (the side that the rumen is on) will begin to look like a balloon, the cow may grind their teeth because of pain, they will lie down and get up constantly, and may kick at their stomach.
We as humans eating beef from corn-fed cattle are getting sick and fat ourselves. Additionally, the cattle get sick as well: cattle fed high amounts of grain like corn suffer from foamy bloat and/or acidosis, which, in their acute forms, often result in death of the animal.
Downer. Cattle that are down on their side or on their front and cannot nor will not get up are called downer cattle.
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"Bloat" is a general term used to describe the significant and often pathologic dilation of a gastrointestinal organ with gas or fluid. In dogs, the most common form is gastric bloat, in which the stomach becomes distended with gas. Without surgery, this is often fatal; with surgery the survival rate improves but is not guaranteed. In cattle there are two types of bloat - gastric and cecal. Gastric bloat comes in two subforms - free (one big gas bubble) and frothy (many tiny little bubbles, like a bubble bath). Free bloat is relatively easy to treat - simply remove the gas. Frothy bloat has to be treated with a detergent (poloxone is the most common in the United States) to break down the bubbles, then the gas needs to be released. Cecal bloat is dilation of the cecum, a blind-ended pouch at the connection between the small and large intestines.
There are way more than just two diseases that are common in cattle. Coccidiosis and Shipping Fever are two common ones, as well as Blackleg, BVDV, Acidosis, Bloat, Pneumonia (or BRD), Wooden Tongue, Mastitis, etc.