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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

October

Vol. 12, Sp. Iss. 1

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