Abstract: Allotriophagia,a complex disease caused by metabolic disorders,always occurs in confined cattle population.The diseased individual has abnormal appetite and abnormal feeding behaviors.The deficiency of minerals,vitamins,proteins and amino acids as well as parasitic diseases,longtime-confinedness and a lack of physiologic exercise are considered as the causative factors for this disease.Allotriophagia always results in abnormal digestive function,growth stagnation and even death of bovine.The main causes,clinical symptoms as well as treatment and prevention measures of this disease were analyzed in this paper.