Uganda, March 2 -- As promised recently, today I will explain how the wrong choice of feeds and feeding cattle poisons your animals slowly. The full impact of the poisoning usually becomes evident when pregnant animals calve down. The post-mortem findings are unimaginable to the untrained mind. Some farmers have even called the subacute ruminal acidosis (SARA) damage in the cow's body an act of the occult.

Signs of sickness

The truth of the matter is that animals with SARA will always show signs of sickness. The signs are subtle and the internal damage occurs gradually with increasing severity and magnitude until the vital body organs are overwhelmed.

These are mainly the rumen, liver, heart, lungs and kidneys.

SARA is different from ...