INTAS POLIVET
Open Access
  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 18
  • Issue: 2

Surgical Management of Thoracic Choke in a Cow

  • Author:
  • A. Thennavan, D.R. Manjunatha, Ch. Mallikarjuna Rao, R.V. Suresh Kumar
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 305 to 306

Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary Science Sri Venkteswara Veterinary University (SVVU), Tirupati-517502 (Andhra Pradesh)

*Corresponding author E-mail: thennavan.a.u@gmail.com

Online published on 18 April, 2018.

Abstract

A crossbred cow was presented with history of swallowed mango. It was diagnosed as obstruction of oesophagus at thoracic part based on clinical symptoms and by passing a probang. Laparorumenotomy was performed and obstruction lodged anterior to the cardia was removed manually. Post-operatively, animal was treated with antibiotic and anti-inflammatory and recovered without any complications.

Keywords

Choke, rumenotomy, thoracic