Rumen acidosis

Acidosis may be clinical or sub-clinical. Feeding large quantities of rapidly digestible carbohydrate in a short period of time causes clinical acidosis.

Common symptoms:

Animal may be recumbent within 24-48 hours. There may be  diarrhoea or animal may not urinate or pass dung.

Animal should be provided a roughage diet in the morning before feeding concentrates.

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Diarrhoea in acidosis