Surgical Management of Ruminal Impaction due to Indigestible Foreign Bodies in Two Cows

Two cows were presented with symptoms of anorexia, chronic bloat and yellowish green discharge from nostrils, no rumination, depression, weakness, dehydration and debilitated condition since last fifteen days. Palpation of left paralumbar fossa showed absence of ruminal motility and abnormal heavily impacted rumen. Exploratory rumenotomy was performed and around 50 kg foreign materials including polythene bags, covers and roaps etc. in one cow and around 25 kg in another cow were removed from rumen. Post-operatively, antibiotics, analgesics and fluid therapy administration and regular dressing of operative site was undertaken. Cows recovered uneventfully and restored normal appetite following surgical treatment.