Keywords
Cattlemen's Day, 1999; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 99-339-S; Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 831; Beef; Abomasal bloat; Calves; Sarcina ventriculi
Abstract
Sarcina-like bacteria, possibly Sarcina ventriculi, have been seen upon histopathologic examination of the abomasums of calves that died of abomasal bloat. The ability of the organism to grow at a low pH and produce large amounts of gas suggests that it may be the cause of abomasal bloat.
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Recommended Citation
Schemm, T.J.; DeBey, B.M.; and Nagaraja, Tiruvoor G.
(1999)
"Sarcina ventriculi as the potential cause of abomasal bloat,"
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports:
Vol. 0:
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1.
https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.1790
