Cattle and buffaloes are prone to ingest foreign objects, mainly due to erroneous management practices and lack of discriminatory dietary habits (Roth & King, 1991). When the swallowed foreign bodies are metallic objects, most commonly wires and nails, they may reach the reticulum and become trapped within the reticular honeycomb-like mucosa. This condition is known variously worldwide as foreign body syndrome (FBS), hardware disease, sharp foreign body syndrome or traumatic reticuloperitonitis (Abu-Seida & Al-Abbadi, 2016). Vigorous reticular contractions facilitate penetration of the reticular mucosa, causing