Clinical Management of Esophageal Choke-A Clinical Study of 25 Cattle Mahesh V., Pramodh J.K., Ranganath L.*, Amith N.G., Murthy K.M. Srinivasa Department of Surgery and Radiology, Veterinary College, Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University (KVAFSU), Hebbal, Bengaluru-560024, karnataka *Professor and Head/Corresponding author: E-mail: lingapparanganath@gmail.com
Online published on 26 July, 2017. Abstract The study reports types, causes and clinical findings of esophageal choke, effectiveness of radiography in diagnosis and different methods of foreign body retrieval in twenty five (25) cows. Obstruction at cervical esophagus was found more frequent than pharynx and cardia. Manipulative method of retrieval of foreign body was successful in fifteen (15) cows (60%) and surgical intervention was undertaken in ten (10) cows (40%). Top Keywords Bovine, beet root, choke, tennis ball. Top |