What is a cow magnet ?

Answer 1

A cow magnet is a preventive veterinary medical device for cattle It consists of a plastic cylinder about 1cm in diameter, which encloses a strong alnico magnet. A rancher or dairyman feeds a magnet to each cow; it settles in the rumen or reticulum and remains there for the life of the animal.

When the cow grazes, it often consumes and swallows what is called tramp iron: baling and barbed wire, staples, nails, and other metallic objects. These objects are undigestible, and would lodge in the reticulum and cause inflammation, resulting in lower milk production (for dairy cattle) or lower weight gain (for feeder stock). This condition is called hardware disease.

The cow magnet attracts such objects and prevents them from becoming lodged in the animal's tissue. While the resultant mass of iron remains in the cow's rumen as a sort of bezoar, it does not cause the severe problems of hardware disease.

Cow magnets are widely available from veterinary, feed supply, and scientific supply sources.

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Answer 2

A cow magnet is a preventive veterinary medical device for cattle, consisting of a plastic cylinder about one centimeter in diameter, which encloses a strong alnico magnet. A rancher or dairyman feeds a magnet to each cow; it settles in the rumen or reticulum and remains there for the life of the animal.

Answer 3

a cow magnet is a magnet that is put in the cow's stomach which keeps the cow from passing any metal objects that it may have eaten, like nails, wire, metal parts that fall off farm machines that are in the grass that the cow eats. it protects the digestive track from being injured.

Answer 4

It is a magnet that the cow swallows early in life. It collects nails and other metal items that the cow eats when grazing, so it doesn't travel through the cows intestines, which could do some pretty bad damage.

Answer 5

A really, really good looking bull.