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:
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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.