Surgical Removal of Indigestible Foreign Bodies in Cattle and Economic Losses to Farmers

Fekadu Gutema Wegi; Beksisa Urge

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Surgical Removal of Indigestible Foreign Bodies in Cattle and Economic Losses to Farmers

Fekadu Gutema Wegi, Beksisa Urge

Published in American Journal of Zoology (Volume 5, Issue 1)

Received: 3 March 2022 Accepted: 11 April 2022 Published: 20 April 2022

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Even though livestock are the main stay of the livelihood of the majority of the human population, the presence of many infectious and non-infectious diseases have resulted in low productivity, stunted growth, and signification economic loss among the producer. Of the major non-infectious diseases of livestock, ingestion of indigestible foreign bodies is extremely common especially in developing countries like Ethiopia. A 2 years old male Jersey Bull (body weight: 215kg) owned by Holeta Agricultural research center was presented to Animal health research and veterinary clinic department with enlarged abdomen, inability to walk, frequent abdominal distention, reduced feed intake, progressive weight loss and dullness. Based on the clinical examination and case history, the Jersey Bull was suspected to have Indigestible foreign body in its rumen. After taking all the necessary preoperative precautionary measures, rumenotomy was conducted and all indigestible foreign body was removed. Indigestible foreign bodies like plastic bag, rope, curled clothes and others were encountered. These indigestible foreign bodies are known to induce significant negative impact on the wellbeing of the animals and economic gain of the county. Therefore, overall animal health management improvement and provision of good quality feeds are the best way to prevent its occurrence whereas, rumenotomy is the best surgical intervention to handle confirmed case.

Published in	American Journal of Zoology (Volume 5, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajz.20220501.12
Page(s)	7-10
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Indigestible, Jersey, Livestock, Rumenotomy

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Fekadu Gutema Wegi, Beksisa Urge. Surgical Removal of Indigestible Foreign Bodies in Cattle and Economic Losses to Farmers. Am J Zool. 2022;5(1):7-10. doi: 10.11648/j.ajz.20220501.12

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Fekadu Gutema Wegi

Animal Health Research Program, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Holeta, Ethiopia
Beksisa Urge

Animal Health Research Program, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Holeta, Ethiopia

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