1Associate Professor
2Scientist
3Assistant Professor
Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary Sciences, Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (LUVAS), Hisar, - 125004, (Haryana)
*Corresponding author, E-mail: drsundariwal@luvas.edu.in
Online published on 1 October, 2020.
A mule was presented with gradually increasing swelling on left lateral abdomen since six months. Clinical and ultrasonographic examination revealed defect in abdominal wall forming a hernial ring with irreducible contents mainly intestines. Under inhalant anaesthesia, hernioplasty was performed using polypropylene mesh and animal recovered uneventfully.
Abdominal hernia, Hernioplasty, Mule, Polypropylene mesh