• Grazing legume pasture and those fed with legumes, hays and high concentrate rations.
• Complete esophageal obstruction or choke can result when an animal swallows incom-pletely chewsd, relatively soild feeds.
• Marked hypocalcemia can result in failure of the ruminal, musculature to contract which would contribute to the rumen decreased ability to eliminate fermentation gas.
• Miseating of plastic sack or vinyl bags, which are undigestable.

• Distention of the left paralimber fossa and abdomen.
• Discomfort and animal may get up and lie down difficulty in breathing.
• Excessive salivation.
• Lungs are compressed.
• Rumen is distended.
• Pale liver due to expulsion of blood from the organ.
• Thoracic portion of the esphagus is pale.
• Kicking at the belly.

• Administer a sulfactant (Poloxalene or ethoxylate), a detergent or mineral oil.
• Avoid grazing mainly legume pasture and on high level grain diets.
• Clean up and not waste plastic matters that undigestable and cow's favorite.

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