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ArticleVeterinary medicine international2024

Induced Ruminal Lactic Acidosis in Sheep Treated with Various Remedial Agents in Libo Kemkem Districts, Northwest Ethiopia.

Balemual Abebaw, Achenef Melaku, Shimelis Dagnachew

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Balemual AbebawDepartment of Veterinary Science, P.O. Box: 272Debre Tabor University, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4128-8111
Achenef MelakuDepartment of Veterinary Pharmacology, P.O. Box: 196University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia.
Shimelis DagnachewDepartment of Para-clinical Studies, P.O. Box: 196University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia.

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Abstract

Background: Grain overload is a ruminant metabolic disorder associated with overingestion or a sudden change to rapidly fermentable concentrate feeds. Objective: A randomized clinical trial was carried out in Libo Kemkem districts to investigate vital signs, ruminal fluid, and hematological changes in sheep related to grain overload and to assess the treatment efficacy of various remedial agents in Farta sheep breeds. Methods: All sheep were selected by using the simple random process, and categorized into four groups of eight animals groups I, II, and III in which each sheep was given 80 g of wheat flour per kg of body weight then baking soda, Magnalax, and digestive powder were treated successively, but group IV was the negative control group. Results: The current clinical trial explained that all acidotic sheep had statistically significant ( Conclusion: The treatment effectiveness illustrated that all treatments could cure the grain overload. Nevertheless, digestive powder is the drug of choice based on the clinical and systemic recovery of the sheep. In addition to this, sheep should be introduced gradually to concentrate rations over 2-3 weeks with a mixture of concentrate in the milled feed containing roughage.

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