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The invention reffers to an equipment for collecting and analyzing ruminal fluid and urine, to may possible the diagnosis of ruminants' diseases, as well as the corresponding treatment and prevention. The equipment was designed with the purpose of collecting, in an easy manner, ruminal fluid and urine, to the end of a fast diagnosis be attained and inclusively performing the detection of the cattle's subclinical diseases directly in the field conditions. The equipment is easy and safe to employ, and facilitates the ruminal fluid applying from a healthy animal to a sick one, as well as the provision of other fluids and drugs directly to the rumen. The equipment consists of the following instruments: a) A tube with metallic head for collecting and applying the fluid to adult bovines. b) A tube with metallic head for collecting and applying ruminal fluid to calves and to small ruminants. c) A double metallic pump for collecting and applying ruminal fluid and other fluids. d) A 5.0-liter-capacity recipient tank for the ruminal fluid collected, or for other fluids. e) A portable pH-meter for pH determination. f) Some metallic catheters for urine extraction, into a metallic case containing a disinfectant solution. g) Diverse instruments for cattle handling and tubes introduction as: a noser-holder, a mouth-wedge, etc. h) A portable case with reagents for both ruminal fluid and urine analyses. i) A videocassette with instructions (for collecting and analyzing ruminal fluid and urine, for the treatment of ruminal disorders). Therefore it is an objective of the present invention to present an equipment of single usage, and easy for transportation, for the analyses of ruminal fluid and urine, with which veterinarians could perform the diagnosis at the field level of a total of sixteen different ruminants' diseases.

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