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Volume 15(6): 487-491, 2011. Slightly Redacted 2018.
Case Study: Foreign body esophageal fistula in a calf
Mohammad
Mahdi Molaei (DVM, PhD), Omid Azari (DVM, PhD), Daruosh Vosough (DVM, PhD), Aliasghar Mozaffari (DVM, PhD).
Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Bahonar University of
Kerman, Kerman- Iran.
ABSTRACT
Molaei AMM, Azari O, Vosough
D, Mozaffari A., Case Study: Foreign body esophageal
fistula in a calf, Onl J Vet Res.,
15(6):
487-491, 2011. A 2 month calf was referred to the veterinary
hospital for treatment of a painful swelling mass at ventral surface of the
neck. On clinical examination, all vital signs were normal but the animal was
lethargic and depressed. Based
on history, clinical and radiological findings, a perforating cervical
esophageal foreign body was suspected and surgical intervention was carried
out. A skin incision was performed on a swollen mass and a sinus tract with a
wooden sharp foreign body (65 cm length) was found. After extraction of the
foreign body and debridement of necrotic tissue from the sinus tract, a penrose drain was inserted in the wound. Treatment
consisted of daily lavage of the wound with normal saline and administration of
a broad spectrum antibiotic. The calf recovered one month later.