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Published on: June 11, 2009
Rumen cannulation: procedure and use of a cannulated bovine
Shelie L Laflin1, David P Gnad
1Kansas State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Medicine Teaching Hospital, 1800 Denison Avenue, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA. slaflin@vet.k-state.edu
Abstract:
Rumen cannulation can be done on a healthy animal currently in the herd with minimal expense. The surgery is no more difficult than most other routine surgical procedures performed by bovine practitioners. A cannulated animal provides a long-term, readily available source of rumen content that can be used to transfaunate herd mates that have suffered various digestive upsets.
