Vet Doctors find solid materials in a cow

By Kundu Ronald

Veterinary doctors and residents of Kooki village  in Kiryandongo were shocked after finding a jacket, pieces of polythene bags, nylon sacks and some pieces of stones in the stomach of a cow. 

Dr. Kaija John a Veterinary doctor in Kiryandongo district said that one farmer reported a case of an animal that looked very frail and weak. He got informed that the animal had been treated with several drugs in vain. He recommended that the animal be operated since it seemed to have swallowed a solid material.

Dr. Ben Kamya a veterinary doctor for Masindi port sub county says that before the operation, he recommended that the animal get dewormed but all was done in vain. 

"When we operated the animal, to our surprise, we found a very big mass of solid materials including a jacket, a mosquito net and polythene bags rolled inside", Dr. Kaija John narrated. He appealed to the farmers to always give their animals a balanced diet and enough diet to prevent them from eating soap and other salty materials in the environment.

Issa Hassan the Kiryandongo district production officer says that it is the first time for hardware materials to be found in an animal as farmers rarely report cases but caesarean section is always done to livestock whenever need arises.