INTAS POLIVET
Open Access
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue: 2

Clinical Management of Esophageal Choke-A Clinical Study of 25 Cattle

  • Author:
  • V. Mahesh, J.K. Pramodh, L. Ranganath, N.G. Amith, K.M. Srinivasa Murthy
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 607 to 610

Department of Surgery and Radiology, Veterinary College, Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University (KVAFSU), Hebbal, Bengaluru-560024, karnataka

*Professor and Head/Corresponding author: E-mail: lingapparanganath@gmail.com

Online published on 26 July, 2017.

Abstract

The study reports types, causes and clinical findings of esophageal choke, effectiveness of radiography in diagnosis and different methods of foreign body retrieval in twenty five (25) cows. Obstruction at cervical esophagus was found more frequent than pharynx and cardia. Manipulative method of retrieval of foreign body was successful in fifteen (15) cows (60%) and surgical intervention was undertaken in ten (10) cows (40%).

Keywords

Bovine, beet root, choke, tennis ball