INTAS POLIVET

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

Surgical Management of Ruminal Impaction in a Goat

  • Author:
  • S. Dharmaceelan, A. Kumaresan, Kanjana Devi
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 329 to 330

Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Veterinary College and Research Institute Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS), Namakkal-637002 (Tamil Nadu)

Abstract

A goat was presented with anorexia and not passing dung for past ten days. Clinical examination revealed hard mass palpated in ventral abdomen. Radiographic and ultrasonographic examination revealed non-metallic foreign body. It was decided to perform rumenotomy and foreign body was removed with proper post-operative care and management. Animal recovered uneventfully after ten days of surgery.

Keywords

Foreign body, goat, non-metallic, rumenotomy