This happens all the time. Don't buy the hype. I lost 3 cows to bloat 4 years ago. When the temperature rises quickly the fermentation process in the cow exceeds its ability remove the gas. The stomachs enlarge to the point the animal cannot breath and it dies. I remember one summer when ranchers lost 100,000 head of cattle. The US processes 98 million cattle a year. These losses aren't significant to the total production.
This happens all the time. Don't buy the hype. I lost 3 cows to bloat 4 years ago. When the temperature rises quickly the fermentation process in the cow exceeds its ability remove the gas. The stomachs enlarge to the point the animal cannot breath and it dies. I remember one summer when ranchers lost 100,000 head of cattle. The US processes 98 million cattle a year. These losses aren't significant to the total production.