sentences.text: Hardware disease is a common term for bovine traumatic gastritis and traumatic reticulitis.
sentences.text: Hardware
sentences.text: disease
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: common
sentences.text: term
sentences.text: for
sentences.text: bovine
sentences.text: traumatic
sentences.text: gastritis
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: traumatic
sentences.text: reticulitis
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: It is usually caused by ingestion of tramp iron in fodder or silage.
sentences.text: It
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: usually
sentences.text: caused
sentences.text: by
sentences.text: ingestion
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: tramp
sentences.text: iron
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: fodder
sentences.text: or
sentences.text: silage
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Sharp metallic objects pass through the reticulum and settle in the rumen, and can irritate or even perforate its lining.
sentences.text: Sharp
sentences.text: metallic
sentences.text: objects
sentences.text: pass
sentences.text: through
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: reticulum
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: settle
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: rumen
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: can
sentences.text: irritate
sentences.text: or
sentences.text: even
sentences.text: perforate
sentences.text: its
sentences.text: lining
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Cows with hardware disease exhibit lethargy, have poor appetite, and have reduced milk production and weight gain.
sentences.text: Cows
sentences.text: with
sentences.text: hardware
sentences.text: disease
sentences.text: exhibit
sentences.text: lethargy
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: have
sentences.text: poor
sentences.text: appetite
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: have
sentences.text: reduced
sentences.text: milk
sentences.text: production
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: weight
sentences.text: gain
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: In rare cases, an object may pass through the reticular lining and pierce the heart sac.
sentences.text: In
sentences.text: rare
sentences.text: cases
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: an
sentences.text: object
sentences.text: may
sentences.text: pass
sentences.text: through
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: reticular
sentences.text: lining
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: pierce
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: heart
sentences.text: sac
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Treatment involves elevation and antibiotics.
sentences.text: Treatment
sentences.text: involves
sentences.text: elevation
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: antibiotics
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: For valuable animals, surgery may be indicated to remove the objects.
sentences.text: For
sentences.text: valuable
sentences.text: animals
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: surgery
sentences.text: may
sentences.text: be
sentences.text: indicated
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: remove
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: objects
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Hardware disease can be reduced by use of cow magnets to collect ingested objects and prevent their migration through the reticulum.
sentences.text: Hardware
sentences.text: disease
sentences.text: can
sentences.text: be
sentences.text: reduced
sentences.text: by
sentences.text: use
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: cow
sentences.text: magnets
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: collect
sentences.text: ingested
sentences.text: objects
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: prevent
sentences.text: their
sentences.text: migration
sentences.text: through
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: reticulum
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: After the cow is slaughtered, the magnet is removed and the farmer sells the metal as scrap.
sentences.text: After
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: cow
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: slaughtered
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: magnet
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: removed
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: farmer
sentences.text: sells
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: metal
sentences.text: as
sentences.text: scrap
sentences.text: .
text: Hardware disease is a common term for bovine traumatic gastritis and traumatic reticulitis. It is usually caused by ingestion of tramp iron in fodder or silage. Sharp metallic objects pass through the reticulum and settle in the rumen, and can irritate or even perforate its lining. Cows with hardware disease exhibit lethargy, have poor appetite, and have reduced milk production and weight gain. In rare cases, an object may pass through the reticular lining and pierce the heart sac. Treatment involves elevation and antibiotics. For valuable animals, surgery may be indicated to remove the objects. Hardware disease can be reduced by use of cow magnets to collect ingested objects and prevent their migration through the reticulum. After the cow is slaughtered, the magnet is removed and the farmer sells the metal as scrap.