Hardware disease! Caused by eating barbed wire, nails or other heavy metal objects.
"Definition:
Hardware disease is caused when a bovine ingests a relatively heavy and sharp object. The object falls to the floor of the rumen and is pushed forward into the reticulum. The reticulum is one of the compartments in the bovine stomach, and its function is not well understood. However, the contractions of the reticulum force the object into the peritoneal cavity where it initiates inflammation."
The cure is cow magnets! I find both the phrase hardware disease and cow magnet very humurous.
Eli Pousson
posted over 4 years ago