An explosion of clover in Kentucky this Spring has proved deadly for cows.

State Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer has asked Governor Steve Beshear to request a Federal Disaster Declaration from the U.S Department of Agriculture.

Farmer says the cattle are dying of a weather-related condition called Primary Ruminal Tympany, commonly known as Frothy Bloat.

When a cow has frothy bloat, gas swells up in one of its stomach chambers putting pressure on the lungs and causing it to suffocate.

Farmers here locally say to avoid this get your cows full early.

“If you feed your cows, you get them full before they go out into the field, and they’re not as apt to eat quite as much, and that’s the best way to work on it is to work on the bloat,” said Carl Chaney. Read More…