Surgical Management of Caecal Dilatation-Torsion in a Cow Gupta Pankaj1, Manzoor A.B.2,*, Khuswaha R.B.3 Division of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture Science and Technology (SKUAST-J) R.S. Pura, Jammu-181102 (Jammu and Kashmir) 1Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology 2Ph. D. Scholar, TVCC 3Assistant Professor, TVCC *Corresponding author. E-mail: bhatmanzoor96@gmail.com
Online published on 18 April, 2018. Abstract A cow was presented with history of three and half months pregnancy, intermittent colic, abdominal distension, anorexia and complete faecal cessation for last twelve days. Right flank exploratory laparotomy confirmed caecal dilatation and torsion. Typhlotomy was performed and torsion was relieved by rotating the caecum on its longitudinal axis. The animal recovered without any complications and started feeding normally on sixth post-operative day. Top Keywords Caecal torsion, laparotomy, typhlotomy. Top |