Surgery and Radiology Section

PASSING OF PROBANG IN CATTLE

• Stomach tubing is a quick and relatively painless method to deliver large quantities of liquid medication of fluids.
• The length of the oesophagus is measured by keeping the probang from the mouth to the 9th rib.
• The animals tongue is grasped gently and held firmly before introduction of the probang.
• By a careful manner the probang is advanced to the oesophagus
• The movement or passage of probang in the oesophagus is visible or palpable from out side at the cervical part of oesophagus.
• The rumen cud is expelled through the probang if it enters into the rumen.
• The animal's head is lowered to recover the ruminal fluid and to avoid aspiration.
• Simultaneous compression of rumen yields large quantity of rumen liquor.
• Passing of stomach tube is most useful in cattle in cases of ruminal free gas bloat as well as ruminal acidosis.