INTAS POLIVET
Open Access
  • Year: 2021
  • Volume: 22
  • Issue: 1

Enterotomy for management of intestinal obstruction in a dog

  • Author:
  • R. Arya1,*, Deepu Philip Mathew2
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 112 to 114

1Veterinary Practitioner Veterinary PolyclinicDepartment of Animal HusbandryChengannur, Alappuzha - 689121 (Kerala)

2Senior Veterinary Surgeon Veterinary PolyclinicDepartment of Animal HusbandryChengannur, Alappuzha - 689121 (Kerala)

*Corresponding author. E-mail: raryapta@gmail.com

Online Published on 23 January, 2023.

Abstract

A young Labrador dog was presented with complaint of persistent vomiting for past one week. On palpation, a hard foreign body could be palpated in abdomen and was confirmed as radio opaque in radiograph. Patient was stabilized and enterotomy was performed for surgical removal of foreign body. A hard stone was removed and animal recovered successfully.

Keywords

Enterotomy, Foreign body, Intestinal obstruction, Laparotomy