A stomach full of plastics led to a cow from Thirumullaivoyal, on the outskirts of the city, being brought to the Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS) in Vepery. The plastics caused severe pain to the animal, and it was observed to frequently kick its stomach with its legs. It took veterinarians at the university five and half hours to surgically remove a whopping 52 kg of plastic waste from the stomach of the cow. After the surgery, the rumen was filled with 5 kg of bran, jaggery and pro-biotic bolus, he said. “At a private veterinary hospital, the cost of such a procedure would be around ₹35,000, half the cost of the cow,” said Dr. Balasubramanian.

Source: The Hindu October 19, 2019 17:03 UTC