INTAS POLIVET
Year : 2018, Volume : 19, Issue : 1
First page : ( 74) Last page : ( 75)
Print ISSN : 0972-1738. Online ISSN : 2249-8796.

Surgical management of aural haematoma in a buffalo calf

Vishwakarma Raj Kumari*

Veterinary Hospital, Department of Animal Husbandry, Naya Gaon Pelio, Dehradun-248007 (Uttarakhand)

*Veterinary Officer and Corresponding author. E-mail: rajkumari.vet@gmail.com

Online published on 5 November, 2018.

Abstract

A Murrah buffalo calf was presented with complaint of discomfort, swelling of right ear flap and head shaking. On physical examination, a soft fluctuating swelling was noticed on the medial side of right ear diagnosed as aural haematoma and decided for surgical drainage. The calf was anaesthetized and drainage was undertaken with a S shape long incision. There was no complication noticed during post-surgical period and sutures were removed on twelveth day post-surgery. Animal recovered uneventfully.

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Keywords

Aural, buffalo, haematoma, surgical drainage.

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