INTAS POLIVET
Open Access
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue: 1

Gastrotomy for Retrieval of Gastric Foreign Body in a Dog

  • Author:
  • Ravendra Singh1,, J. Khurma2, T.K. Gahlot3
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 162 to 163

1Post Graduate Scholar, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary and Animal Science Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (RAJUVAS), Bikaner – 334001, Rajasthan

2Post Graduate Scholar, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary and Animal Science Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (RAJUVAS), Bikaner – 334001, Rajasthan

3Professor and Head, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary and Animal Science Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (RAJUVAS), Bikaner – 334001, Rajasthan

Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary and Animal Science Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (RAJUVAS), Bikaner – 334001, Rajasthan

*Corresponding author. E-mail: ravendra.009@gmail.com

Online published on 2 August, 2016.

Abstract

A Rottweiler dog was presented with history of anorexia, regurgitation, dysphagia, gagging and mild salivation after ingestion of cooker whistle. Clinical examination revealed heart rate and respiratory were within physiological limits. Lateral plain radiograph of abdomen revealed radio opaque foreign body that was lodged in stomach. Surgical invention was planned to retrieve gastric foreign body through gastrotomy and surgically managed.

Keywords

Dog, foreign body, gastrotomy, radiography