cud (redirected from Cud-chewing)

cud

the bolus regurgitated by ruminants. It contains fiber, other food particles, rumen liquor and flora.

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cud chewing

after regurgitation, chewing on the remains of the regurgitus.

cud dropping

a usually temporary condition in the cow in which each regurgitated bolus is rejected to the exterior. There is no other abnormality.

losing the cud

the cow that has 'lost her cud' is not ruminating. This is a nonspecific sign of illness.

cud transfer

a therapeutic practice of collecting fresh ruminal contents, from the mouth of a ruminating cow or by stomach tube from a rumen or from a freshly killed normal animal, and administering an infusion of it to a cow with ruminal stasis. The objective is to repopulate the recipient rumen with viable, normal ruminal flora.