Role of foreign body ingestion in canine pup mortality

Abstract

Foreign body ingestion could cause death in pups. Two month old male crossbred pup had oesophageal choke due to a piece of chicken bone and the four month old male non-descript pup had peritonitis due to a linear foreign body (string) in the intestine. Anorexia, dullness, retching, vomiting and bilateral frothy nasal discharge were observed. A chicken bone measuring about 5x2 cm completely was obstructing the lower third of the oesophagus. Death was due to asphyxia caused by frothy exudates in the trachea and bronchi. Non-descript pup, showed haemoperitoneum, impaction of stomach with linear foreign bodies resulted in a thick cotton string perforating and causing plication of small intestine. Intestinal mucosa was severely congested, hemorrhagic and contained scanty, dark red-brown contents mixed with mucus.