Management of urinary obstruction in buffalo calves by tube cystostomy

Abstract

Urinary obstruction in calves is a fatal disease that predisposes to high mortality rate, due to subsequent uraemia, unless the animal is subjected to emergency treatment for correction of the obstruction. The present study was conducted to evaluate tube cystostomy procedure for management of urethral obstruction in 108 male buffalo calves of age 1 to 5 months presented to TVCC, LUVAS, Hisar (Haryana) from November, 2013 to February, 2014. Diagnosis of the disease was made with the history of anuria, distended abdomen, fluid thrill, abdominocentesis and ultrasonographic examinations. All the calves were treated surgically by tube cystostomy. Simultaneously ammonium chloride 500 mg/ kg b. wt. was administered orally to dissolve the calculi. Out of 108 cases, 102 animals recovered uneventfully while six died within 24 to 48 h after the surgery.