Kerbl Kerbl cage magnet green - Prevention of foreign body disease

Cage magnet green for finding foreign objects

• 35 x 35 x 100 mm
• for the effective prophylaxis of foreign body disease
• the cage magnet in the plastic housing should be given to all healthy cattle in time as a preventive measure

Its magnetic force is sufficient to collect ferrous foreign bodies and hold them in the cage space.

Foreign bodies hidden in the feed, such as nails, wire and metal splinters, represent a major risk for the non-selective eating cattle: they enter the reticulum, where they can bore through the stomach wall in the course of the reticulum contractions necessary for the mixing and onward transport of the feed. This usually results in an infection of the abdominal cavity, followed by an inflammatory reaction. The organs surrounding the reticulum may also be traumatized.

Early administration of a magnet to a cow suspected of having a foreign body can result in recovery of the animal within two to three days. If the animal is not treated, the foreign body can migrate and cause peritonitis, which can ultimately lead to total loss of the animal.

The precautionary insertion of a magnet has also been shown to be effective.