[Jacob-list] Overeating?

[Neal and Louise Grose]

Bloat is a mechanical problem that involves the rumen "shutting down".
Without the normal rumen action to relieve gas (burping), it fills and can
compress the lungs to the point that the animal suffocates. Overeating of
fresh legumes is one of the more common causes of this, but I have seen it
as a result of lose of vagus nerve function.

Several of the clostridial diseases involve production of gas. The dead
animal will indeed look bloated. All over. Gut distended. Under the skin.
One symptom of these diseases is the very rapid deterioration of the animal.

Neal Grose
PS: Have a good breakfast!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Linda Bjarkman" <patchworkfibers at alltel.net>
To: <oberlef at supernet.com>; "Marilyn Wallace" <mwallace at osprey.net>;
<jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>; "Mary Ellen Hansson" <mhansson1 at triad.rr.com>
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 4:54 PM
Subject: RE: [Jacob-list] Overeating?


"...I don't think that bloat and overeating disease are the same.   I
honestly don't
know much about overeating disease, but when a friend lost a goat to what
the vet
said "may" have been overeating disease, the symptoms pretty much consisted
of being
dead.  ..."