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

Surgical Management of Tracheal Rupture in a Goat

  • Author:
  • D.R. Manjunatha, Basavaraj Balappanavar, H.M. Rakshith
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 625 to 626

Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Veterinary College Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University (KVAFSU), Vidyanagara, Hassan-573202, Karnataka

*Assistant Professor, Department of TVCC and Corresponding author: E-mail: manjuvet328 @gmail.com

Online published on 26 July, 2017.

Abstract

A male goat was presented with history of dog bite, bleeding and swelling at neck. Clinical examination revealed emphysema around the neck, dyspnoea with irregular respiration and air escaping from site of wound during expiration. Fluoroscopy revealed tracheal injury with peritracheal air infiltration. Tracheal rings were anastomosed in dorsal recumbency and animal recovered uneventfully on 10th post-operative day.

Keywords

Dog bite, dyspnoea, emphysema, tracheal injury