Vol. 12, Issue 4 (2023)

Author(s):
Akanksha Gupta, Swati Thakur and Shubham Thakur

Abstract:
Rumen dysfunctions are one of the major threats to the health and welfare of animals worldwide. The most common ruminal disorders/dysfunctions are usually defined as indigestion. The term indigestion is a general term for a group of diseases that describe mainly the reticuloruminal dysfunction.Ruminal disorders have a high morbidity that can results in great losses both in production and costs of treatment of affected animals. In addition, rumen dysfunctions cause a huge economic loss due to high mortality, feed wastage, delayed marketing, unthriftiness of the recovered animals, incomplete utilization of disease-provoking food, and extra labor costs of preventive and therapeutic measures. Management of ruminal dysfunctions has relied on agents and mixtures that restore the normal ruminoreticular environment, reduce foam stability and promote release of free gas such as ruminal acidifying and alkalinizing agents, antifoaming agents, and motility modifiers.