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

Surgical Management of Oesophageal Diverticulum in a Heifer Buffalo

  • Author:
  • S.K. Jhirwal, Satyaveer Singh, Munna Lal
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 619 to 620

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

*Assistant Professor and Corresponding author: E-mail: drjhirwalsk@yahoo.co.in

Online published on 26 July, 2017.

Abstract

Oesophageal diverticulum was diagnosed on clinical examination and contrast radiography in buffalo heifer presented with history of anorexia, salivation, difficulty in swallowing, regurgitation, absence of defecation and swelling at ventro-lateral aspect of middle cervical region. Treatment consisted of surgical correction of diverticulum, feed and post-operative management. The animal recovered uneventfully.

Keywords

Buffalo, contrast radiography, oesophageal diverticulum