BHAGAVANTAPPA B.OMDARSHAN K P2023-12-212023-12-212022https://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810204051The present study was carried out in 12 clinical cases of dogs with gastrointestinal affections presented to the Department of Veterinary Clinical Complex, Veterinary College, Bidar. They were randomly divided into two groups with 6 dogs in each group. Group-I dogs with gastric affections and group-II dogs with intestinal affections were included in the study. In both group of dogs the major complaint was ingestion of foreign body and important clinical signs observed were vomition followed by diarrhoea, dehydration, anxiety, restlessness and lethargy. The recovered foreign body were stone, cordless earphone, badge name plate and N95 mask in group I and trichobezoar, metallic screw, metallic wire and five-rupee coin in group II dogs. Apart from gastrointestinal foreign bodies, gastric dilatation in group I and intestinal engorgement in group II were also recorded. The sex wise incidence of GIT affections in both the groups were highest in males (10, 83.33%) and followed by females (02, 16.66%) and no breed predilection was observed. The young age group dogs were more commonly involved with GIT affections. All the physiological parameters were within the normal reference range however slight variations observed in each parameter with individual variation and based on severity of GIT affections. All the haemato-biochemical variation were within normal reference range however the neutrophil count and lymphocyte count was higher on pre-operative day and returned normal after treatment. The hyponatremia in group II dogs, hypochloraemia and hypokalaemia in both group of dogs were observed before treatment. The dogs were preanesthetised with atropine and xylazine. General anaesthesia was induced with propofol and maintained with 2-3 % isoflurane. It was satisfactory without any complications. The diagnosis of GIT affections in dogs in the present study suggest that history, radiography and ultrasonography played vital role in evaluation each case and they were complimentary to each other. In group I dogs the diagnosis of gastric affections were similar percentage (100 %) based on history of case, radiography and exploratory surgery. However, the ultrasonographic examination could be able to identify in two dogs (33.33%) with gastric affections. In group II dogs the diagnosis of intestinal affections highest percentage (100%) based on exploratory surgery followed by based on history (66.66%), radiography (50%) and least by ultrasonography (16.66%). The metallic foreign bodies were better diagnosed by radiography than ultrasonography whereas the detail of soft tissue evaluation was better with ultrasonography. The limitation of each technique was balanced when both the techniques were used for complete evaluation of each case. In both groups surgical technique followed like decompression, gastrotomy, gastropexy, enterotomy and enteroanastomosis were appropriate for the management of GIT affections. In group I dogs, postoperative complications like slight subcutaneous swelling at the surgical site and local peritonitis were observed whereas in group II dogs no post-operative complications were observed.Thesis