1PhD Scholar, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Bhubaneswar
2Professor, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Bhubaneswar
3Assistant Professor, Wildlife Health and Forensic Centre, CGKV, Durg
4Professor and Head, Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Bhubaneswar
5Professor, Department of Veterinary Anatomy, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Bhubaneswar
Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar-751 003 (Orissa)
*Corresponding author; E-mail: indravet@yahoo.co.in
Online published on 14 May, 2018.
The present study was conducted on eight clinical cases of foot affections in captive elephants treated with cryotherapy using liquid nitrogen application by swab method. Clinicophysiological parameters did not reveal any significant change while non-significant variation in hematobiochemical parameters was recorded during the observation period. It was concluded that swab method of cryotherapy can be used safely for management of foot affections in elephants.
Asian elephant, Foot lesion, Cryotherapy
