Surgical Management of Choke due to Tricho-Phytobezoar in a Buffalo heifer Patil A.S.*, Chandini T., Nagaraja B.N.1 Veterinary Hospital, University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Dharwad-580005 (Karnataka) 1Professor, Department of Surgery and Radiology, Veterinary College, KVAFSU, Hebbal, Bengaluru *Assistant Professor and Corresponding author. E-mail: anilpatiluasd@yahoo.co.in; patilas@uasd.in
Online published on 20 November, 2017. Abstract A successful treatment of mid cervical esophageal obstruction caused by a regurgitated, large sized tricho-phytobezoar in a buffalo heifer by cervical esophagotomy under xylazine sedation is placed on record and discussed. The foreign body was confirmed to be trichobezoar on bisection of the same. Top Keywords Buffalo, esophageal obstruction, esophagotomy, tricho-phytobezoar. Top |