INTAS POLIVET
Open Access
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 14
  • Issue: 1

Surgical Management of Subcutaneous Abscess in an African ball Python (Python regius)

  • Author:
  • Arnab Kr. Majie, Parswanath Mondal, S.K. Ghosh
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 174 to 175

Pugmarks Veterinary Clinic, Kolkata - 700017 (West Bengal)

*Correspondent Author: Veterinary Officer, Zoological Garden, Alipore, Kolkata E-mail: majie.arnab@gmail.com

Online published on 20 September, 2013.

Abstract

A pet African ball python aged about five months reported with hard non-erythematous subcutaneous swelling in neck region. The reptile was physically restrained under local analgesia and encapsulated caseated mass was surgically removed followed by complete clinical recovery within four week's of surgery.

Keywords

Abscess, African ball python, subcutaneous, surgical intervention