ANFS251 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Silage, Hyperlipidemia, Starch

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Animal and Food Sciences
• Course: ANFS251
• Professor: Lesa Griffiths

Document Summary

Nutrition: dairy cattle- part 1: dairy cattle, ruminant herbivore, acidosis, rumen acidosis is a metabolic disease of cattle. Acidosis is said to occur when the ph of the rumen falls to less than 5. 5 . The change in acidity changes the rumen flora, with acid-producing bacteria taking over. They produce more acid, making the acidosis worse. The increased acid is then absorbed through the rumen wall, causing metabolic acidosis, which in severe cases can lead to shock and death: cause: the primary cause of acidosis is feeding a high level of rapidly digestible carbohydrate. Displaced": cause: the majority of cases occur soon after calving. Preferably, the veterinarian also prevents recurrence by tacking the abomasum to the body wall. Surgery can be performed, however isn"t always necessary. If this situation occurs, ketone production exceeds ketone utilization by the cow, and ketosis results.