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Rare Cases of Rumen Impaction in Two Sokoto Gudali Calves

Rare Cases of Rumen Impaction in Two Sokoto Gudali Calves

Umar Salisu Ahmad1, Adamu Abdul Abubakar1,2*, Hassan Abubakar Bodinga1, Nura Abubakar1, Ekaete Ime Oviawe1, Zaid Shehu3, Abubakar Musa Mayaki3

1Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto; 2Department of Veterinary Medicine, Collage of Applied Health and Sciences, A’Sharqiyah University, Sultanate of Oman; 3Department of Veterinary Medicine, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto.

 
*Correspondence | Abubakar Adamu Abdul, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto; Email: adamu.abubakar@asu.edu.om

Figure 2:

Constipated faeces and polyethene (non-biodegradable) materials recovered from both calves after necropsy examination, the black and whitish materials are polythene bags recovered from the rumens of the calves.

Figure 3:

Congested, hemorrhagic and ballooned intestinal segments observed during necropsy examination.

Figure 4:

Congested and hemorrhagic lungs observed during necropsy examination.

Figure 1:

Patients on presentation (case I and II; left to right), the calves were both presented recumbent, moribund, weak and the abdomen was distended laterally and ventrally.

Advances in Animal and Veterinary Sciences

May

Vol. 12, Iss. 5, pp. 802-993

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