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Secondary bloat or free gas bloat results from any condition that causes oesophageal obstruction or interferes with eructation. It usually affects a single animal in a group and generally has a more sporadic occurance.   
 
Secondary bloat or free gas bloat results from any condition that causes oesophageal obstruction or interferes with eructation. It usually affects a single animal in a group and generally has a more sporadic occurance.   
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It may be '''acute''' in the case of sudden oesophageal obstruction, caused by a foreign body such as a potatoe or turnip, or '''chronic''' resulting from partial oesophageal obstruction,  compression, or from interference with the normal eructation mechanism.
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It may be '''acute''' in the case of sudden oesophageal obstruction, caused by a foreign body such as a potatoe or turnip, or '''chronic''' resulting from partial oesophageal obstruction,  compression, or from interference with normal eructation.
    
Causes of secondary bloat:
 
Causes of secondary bloat:
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*Excessive cereal ingestion   
 
*Excessive cereal ingestion   
 
*Rumenal atony
 
*Rumenal atony
*Inability to eructate due to Tentanus or Milk fever
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*Inability to eructate due to '''Tentanus''' or '''Milk fever'''
 
*Chronic inflammatory or adhesive disease of the [[The Reticulum - Anatomy & Physiology|reticulum]]
 
*Chronic inflammatory or adhesive disease of the [[The Reticulum - Anatomy & Physiology|reticulum]]
  
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