INTAS POLIVET
Open Access
  • Year: 2011
  • Volume: 12
  • Issue: 2

Gun Shot Wounds in a Crocodile (Crocodylus palustris) and its Management

  • Author:
  • A.B. Shrivastava, M. K. Bhargava, Randhir Singh, Apra Shahi
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 170 to 171

Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry Madhya Pradesh Pashu Chikitsa Vigyan Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur-482001 (Madhya Pradesh)

Online published on 24 January, 2012.

Abstract

The communication reports a case of gun shot wounds in head region of a crocodile and its emergency management. The pellets were removed surgically from the wounds, below the eyes and above the nasal septum. Twelve pellets were removed and animal recovered completely after 15 days of post-operative care

Keywords

Crocodile, gun shot wounds, management, pellet