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This condition of cows used to be called ‘well stomach’ because when the rumen is auscultated the clinician hears a noise like a stone being dropped into a well. The rumen is atonic, perhaps because the vagus is damaged by an abscess in the mediastinum. Treatment is with oral rumen stimulants which offer doubtful efficacy and therefore the prognosis is poor.