Surgical management of teat affections in cattle

Abstract

Cattle were presented to the Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Veterinary College, Hassan with various teat affections including traumatic teat fistulas, lacerations, teat polyp, teat spider and teat foreign bodies were selected for the study. Under sedation, ring block and Intracanal anaesthesia. The teat fistula and lacerations were closed with surgical closure of mucosal, muscular, subcutaneous and skin layers by suturing and lactoliths, teat polyps and foreign bodies are retrieved.