Abstract

Buffaloes and cows play an important role in economy of the farmer and these animals are mainly reared for milk production. Any problem in digestive system of the animals amounts to high economic loss to farmers. In digestive system, reticulum is the organ that is mainly affected and the disorders like traumatic reticuloperitonitis, omasal impaction, abomasal impaction and diffuse peritonitis and metallic foreign bodies in the reticulum are common in Indian feeding practices. Multifunctional disorders included two cattle and nine buffaloes and all of them were adult females with mean age of (range 3-10 yrs). The various conditions included under the multifunctional forestomach disorders have been reported to occur in adults animals. The finding that more number of female buffaloes suffered from multifunctional disorders may be attributed to more prevalence of female buffaloes in the region.

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