National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
The study was conducted on twelve (n=12) clinical cases of obstructive urolithiasis in male cattle calves with intact urinary bladder presented to the Department of Veterinary Surgery & Radiology, RAJUVAS, Bikaner. The diagnosis was made on the basis of history and clinical signs (anorexia, depression, bilateral abdominal distension and concretions at urethral orifice). All the animals needed surgical intervention for passive routes for passage of urine till bladder healing occurred and urine continued to pass through normal urethral orifice. The animals were divided into two groups depending on the surgical intervention adopted viz., Tube cystostomy (n=6), Perineal urethrostomy (n=6). Haemoglobin was found to be below; BUN and serum creatinine above the normal reference values in majority of the cases. Obstructive urolithiasis occurred more frequently under specific managemental condition like heavy concentrate feeding along with higher mineral concentration ground water intake. The overall survival rate was higher in animals treated by tube cystostomy than perineal urethrostomy. Urine acidifiers like ammonium chloride and sodium chloride and herbal litholytic agents like Cystone tablet were effective in dissolution of urinary calculi.
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