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Bloat

Meaning in veterinary medicine, with examples

/bləʊt/nounCommon term

In veterinary medicine, bloat means: A dangerous build-up of gas in the stomach. In cattle and sheep the rumen swells with gas or froth; in large dogs the stomach can fill with gas and twist.

In Turkish: timpani, şişkinlik, mide dönmesi (köpeklerde)

How it is used

In ruminants vets distinguish frothy bloat, often after grazing lush clover or other legumes, from free-gas bloat. In dogs, gastric dilatation-volvulus (GDV) is a surgical emergency, most common in large, deep-chested breeds.

Example sentences

  1. Three heifers developed bloat after being moved onto the clover field.

  2. The Great Dane came in at midnight with bloat and went straight to surgery.

Common collocations

  • frothy bloat
  • free-gas bloat
  • bloat in dogs
  • pasture bloat
  • ruminantA plant-eating animal with a four-compartment stomach that chews the cud, such as cattle, sheep, goats and deer.
  • cattleCows, bulls, steers and calves kept for milk or meat. It is a plural noun with no singular form.
  • feedFood given to farm animals, such as hay, silage, grain or compound feed. As a verb, feed means to give food to an animal.
  • canineRelating to dogs. As a noun it also means a dog in formal writing, and in anatomy it is the long pointed tooth next to the incisors.

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