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 |
An eight month old male pomeranian dog was presented at TVCC, Nagpur Veterinary College, Nagpur with a history of frequent vomiting, inappetence and depression since 5 hours. Anamnesis revealed the owners had seen the dog ingesting a thread attached to a needle. On clinical examination the dog was dull, dehydrated with normal body temperature, heart rate and respiratory rate. Lateral abdominal radiograph revealed a radio opaque, linear, sharp, metallic foreign body like a sewing needle in the caudal abdomen . On the basis of history, clinical signs and radiographic findings, the condition was diagnosed as intestinal foreign body. Surgical correction was planned to remove the foreign body. The dog was premedicated with atropine sulphate @ 0.04 mg/kg body weight subcutaneously and xylazine hydrochloride @ 1 mg/kg body weight intramuscularly. General anaesthesia was induced by ketamine hydrochloride @ 10 mg/kg body weight and Diazepam @ 1 mg/kg body weight intravenously and enterotomy was conducted and a sewing needle with thread was removed. The jejunum was sutured with chromic cat gut 3-0 in continuous cushing followed by lembert manner and abdomen was closed in routine manner. Post-operatively administration of antibiotics, analgesics and regular dressing of wound was carried out and the dog recovered uneventfully.
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