Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, G.B. Pant University of Agricultural and Technology, Pantnagar-263 145, U. S. Nagar (Uttarakhand)
Online published on 24 January, 2012.
A 10 years old pregnant buffalo had accidentally ingested about 30 kg of wheat grain showing clinical signs of acute grain overload (acidosis). Therapeutic measures employed to reverse the condition by administration of oral (10%) and parenteral (7.5%) hypertonic sodium bicarbonate, rigorous fluid therapy as well as supportive medications including corticosteriod, antihistaminic, vitamin, calcium and phosphorous tonics, antibiotics and ruminal synbiotics. The animal recovered after three days treatment.
Acute acidosis, buffalo, grain overload, therapy
