Surgical removal of esophageal fish hook foreign body in a fancy Aseel chicken

Abstract

One year old fancy Aseel female chicken was presented with a history of fish hook ingestion accidently in a confusion of meat piece. The bird ingested one fish hook was stucked at oesophagus before reach the crop. Based on the physical examination eye of the fish hook was felt at the caudal part of oesophagus and nylon protruding from its oral cavity. Under local anaesthetic procedure esophatomy was performed and undigested meat piece along with fish hook were removed. Bird recovered completely and post-operative care procedure was followed until complete recovery.