Chronic ruminal impaction in goats and its surgical management: A two case studies

Abstract

A four-year-old female non-descriptive Goat and a two-year-old male white African Boer was presented to the Veterinary clinical complex, College of Veterinary Animal Sciences, Udgir with a history of anorexia and weight loss in eight days. Clinically, all physiological parameters were in normal range, however abdominal palpation revealed hard ruminal consistency indicates the chronic impaction. Lateral radiographic examination of reticulo-thorax of both animals showed presence of non non-penetrating foreign body (NPFB) in the reticulum. On basis of history, physical and radiographic examination, both the goats were operated for laparo-rumenotomy for removal of NPFB under regional and local infiltration anaesthesia. To conclude, both the animals with non penetrating reticular foreign bodies causing chronic ruminal impaction leading to loss of body condition and it was successfully removed via Laparo-rumenotomy without complications and they assumed normal appetite.