1Veterinary Officer Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Uttar Pradesh
2Ph. D. Scholar, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Uttar Pradesh
Doddaballapura Milk Dairy Bangalore Urban, Rural and Ramanagara District Co-Operative Milk Producers Societies Union Ltd. (BAMUL) Dairy Circle, Doddaballapura, Bengaluru Rural District-561203 (Karnataka)
*Corresponding author. E-mail: maruthistvet@gmail.com
Online published on 5 November, 2018.
A calf was presented with history of recurrent umbilical hernia and earlier operated twice using herniorrhaphy technique. Clinical examination revealed a reducible hernia without adhesions and hernial ring diameter of 8 cm in length and 6 cm in width. The animal was sedated using Xylazine and local anaesthesia was achieved using 2% Lignocaine. Surgical exploration revealed presence of omentum and abomasum at the hernial site and they were reduced back into abdominal cavity. The abdominal wall defect was repaired using cost-effective and easily available sterilized mosquito mesh as a hernioplasty material. Six months follow-up revealed complete recovery of animal without any complications.
Calf, hernia, hernioplasty, mosquito mesh, umbilical
