ENDOSCOPIC DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF REGURGITATION IN CALVES WITH FOREIGN BODY OBSTRUCTION
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2015-01
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Two female buffalo calves of age two months were presented to the Large Animal Clinic — outpatient
unit of Madras Veterinary College Teaching Hospital, With a history of regurgitation of milk through
oral and nasal cavities. Clinical Examination revealed normal heart rates, respiratory rates with distended
abdomen and tympanic sound on percussion, There was no evidence of foreign body in the oral cavity
and cervical esophagus. Stomach tube was passed without difficulty and bloat was relieved. The calves
were subjected for contrast radiography with barium swallow. Partial obstruction of cardia by foreign
body, leading to restricted barium flow was appreciable. Both the calves were then subjected for
endoscopy under sedation with xylazine. In one of the calves, Clumped mass of polythene bags
visualized at the cardia region was successfully removed using the endoscopic foreign body retrieval
forceps. whereas in the other calf, polythene bags in the cardia region was entangled to the abomasal
mucosae and was unable to be retrieved using endoscope forceps and the case was referred for
laparotomy.
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Veterinary Science