INTAS POLIVET
Open Access
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 20
  • Issue: 2

Therapeutic management of guttural pouch empyema in a pony

  • Author:
  • S. Vigneshwaran1,, S. Senthilkumar2, S. Kathirvel3
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 313 to 314

1Post Graduate Scholar, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, VCRI, Orathanadu

2Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, VCRI, Orathanadu

3Professor and Head, Brand of Intas Animal Health, Ahmedabad

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

*Corresponding author, E-mail: vigneshvet@gmail.com

Online published on 1 October, 2020.

Abstract

A pony was presented with unilateral nasal discharge, dysphagia, inappetence and swelling in retro-pharyngeal region. Radiographic and endoscopic examination confirmed guttural pouch empyema. Guttural pouch was gently flushed with normal saline and antibiotics assisted uneventful recovery.

Keywords

Empyema, Guttural pouch, Pony