174 RURAL VETERINARY SECRETS 



TAPPING THE FIRST STOMACH OR PAUNCH 



(For Bloating) 



This is performed in cattle and sheep when badly bloated. The 

 instrument used being known as the trocar, a pointed rod, and the 

 canula, a hollow tube. It can be used for ringing bulls. The operation 

 is performed in the upper left flank at a point equal distant from the 

 point of the hip, the last rib and hones of the loin. The instrument 

 being applied to the point described is given a sharp tap and pushed 

 in its full length, the trocar withdrawn, the gas then rushes out of the 

 canula, which may be left in for five or ten minutes. The paunch is 

 the organ tapped in cattle and sheep ; the tapping of horses should be 

 left to the veterinarian. Rumenotomy. This is an operation for the 

 removal of food in cases of impacted rumen. The operation when 

 done, consists of the opening and removal of its contents and sewing 

 up by the veterinarian. It should not be left to the eleventh hour. 

 Good results follow when performed early and with antiseptic pre- 

 cautions. 



