Veterinary Clinical Medicine-I (General and Systemic)

COLLECTION PROCEDURE

• Restrain the animal with nose grip. Open the mouth by pulling out the tongue to one side.
• Hold the head of the animal high and intubate (introduce) the stainless steel spiral sound with suction strainer until it reaches the rumen. Collect the rumen fluid by operating the suction pump.

Sheep and Goat

• Restrain the animal in between the knees of an attendant at the level of the forelimbs. Then instruct the attendant to raise the head above.
• Insert the mouth gag across the mouth and intubate the Rumen fluid extraction pump by introducing suction strainer through the hole in the mouth gag.
• Pass over the tongue. Care should be taken not to enter into the trachea and cause any injury. Once you make sure that the suction strainer is in oesophagus, pass further down the oesophagus until it reaches the rumen. You can also visualize the tube passing through the oesophagus on the left side of the neck of the animal. When the suction strainer is dipped into the rumen contents, operate the suction pump and collect the required quantity of rumen fluid.

After use

• For longevity and efficient usage of this instrument, clean the suction strainer, suction line and collection bottle in running water without any trace of rumen contents and dry it before packing.