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Surgery involves a rumenotomy allowing removal of the object. If an abscess is adhered to the reticulum, it should be drained into the reticulum. Antibiotics should also be given perioperatively.
Surgery involves a rumenotomy allowing removal of the object. If an abscess is adhered to the reticulum, it should be drained into the reticulum. Antibiotics should also be given perioperatively.
==Prevention==
Animals should not graze on fields where they may have access to metal objects or where construction has recently taken place. Pastures should be cleared as much as possible of metal wire and such like prior to grazing. Additionally magnets can be administered to the cattle per os, these then remain in the reticulum and if metal objects are ingested they will remain attatched to the magnet.
==Prognosis==
==Prognosis==
If recognised before the object has penetrated the wall of the reticulum and is corrected, prognosis is good.
If recognised before the object has penetrated the wall of the reticulum and is corrected, prognosis is good.