The Indian Journal of Small Ruminants
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2009
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue: 1

Impaction due to soft foreign body in a goat: A case report

  • Author:
  • S. Vigil Anbiah, R. Vijayalakshmi, S. Kothandaraman, R. John Christy
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 125 to 127

Division of Animal Husbandry, Faculty of Agriculture, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar - 608 002, Tamil Nadu, India.

*E-mail address: vigilanbiah@gmail.com

Abstract

A death of a goat due to impaction by polythene bag is described in this case report. The report envisages that any sudden death in a flock may be viewed with the suspicion of impaction due to soft foreign body, which is a consequence of unsupervised grazing.

Keywords

Acidosis, Goat, Impaction, Polythene, Ruminant