INTAS POLIVET
Open Access
  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 18
  • Issue: 1

Surgical Retrieval of Sewing Needle from Thoracic Wall Abscess in Murrah buffaloes

  • Author:
  • Vandana Sangwan, Sheikh Mohd Yaseen Jani, Surbhi Aggarwal, Satnam Singh
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 52 to 55

Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary Science, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU), Ludhiana-141004 (Punjab)

*Corresponding author. E-mail: drvandanasangwan@rediffmail.com,

Online published on 20 November, 2017.

Abstract

The study describes successful surgical retrieval of penetrating metallic foreign body (sewing needle) from thoracic wall abscess in three adult female Murrah buffaloes. The condition was diagnosed based on history, clinical examination, radiography and ultrasonography. The foreign body was located along the lateral aspect of thoraco-abdominal wall behind the elbow or at sternum.

Keywords

Bovine, radiography, reticulitis, surgery, ultrasonography