1Associate Professor
2Associate Professor
3Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology
Department of Veterinary Medicine, Teaching Veterinary Clinical Complex, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Deesa-385535 (Gujarat)
Online published on 31 August, 2012.
Screening of ninety Mehsana buffaloes in an organized farm was carried out to detect presence of metallic foreign body in rumen and reticulum by ferroskopy. Ferroskopy revealed fourteen (15.55%) buffaloes were positive for metallic foreign body at reticular level, out of which seven buffaloes (7.77%) were showing clinical signs and were under taken for rumenotomy. All the seven buffaloes recovered successfully within 15–20 days after rumenotomy.
Buffalo, Ferroskopy, Foreign body, Reticulum; Rumenotomy
