Clinical findings, haemato-biochemical alterations and conservative treatment of caecal dilatation in a buffalo

Chewang Norbu Bhutia; Sanjeev Kumar Uppal; Syed Ashaq Hussain

doi:10.56825/bufbu.2023.4222615

Authors

Chewang Norbu Bhutia Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Science, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludiana, India
Sanjeev Kumar Uppal Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Science, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludiana, India
Syed Ashaq Hussain Division of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Ethics and Jurisprudence, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K), Jammu and Kashmir, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56825/bufbu.2023.4222615

Keywords:

Bubalus bubalis, buffaloes, caecal dilatation, conservative treatment

Abstract

This article describes the clinical findings, haemato-biochemical alterations, and conservative treatment of a buffalo suffering from caecal dilatation. The clinical findings were anorexia, scanty faces, reduced rumen motility, distension of right flank, ping sounds on auscultation and percussion of right flank and dilated caecum at pelvic brim on per-rectal examination. The hemato-biochemical alterations were neutrophilic leukocytosis, increased AST, BUN and lactate, and low calcium levels. Conservative treatment resulted in uneventfully after a period of five days.

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