Compiled Case Reports On Common Minor and Major Surgical Procedures, Techniques and Outcomes in Domestic Animals In and Around Bishoftu Town, East Shoa Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia
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2022
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Addis Abeba University
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Livestock are one of the basic assets that provide livelihood and employment particularly for resource-poor communities in Ethiopia. However, their exploitation has been constrained by various hindering factors. Among them, poor animal feed and less coverage of veterinary services especially for the surgical treatment of different forms of congenital and acquired disorders. Surgery is an indispensable part of veterinary care though it has risks mainly associated with technical skill, inexperience, anesthetic risks, and nature of surgical procedures and animal condition. As a result, a few surgical patients may be get exposed to complications; peri, intra, and post-operations. The current study was aimed to document and compile minor and major surgical treatments and managements performed in different domestic animals presented to Veterinary Teaching Hospital of the Addis Ababa University, Donkey sanctuary and SPANA from september 2021 to June 2022. During study period, a total of 22 different animal species including 54% (12/22) large animals, 22% (5/22) small animals, and 22% (5/22) small ruminants were presented to different veterinary clinical centers with various ailments in the form of emergency and elective surgical treatments. Before performing and providing corresponding surgical treatments and managements, each and every case was examined carefully based on case history, clinical examination and findings. Different forms of surgical treatments were performed on animals including: cesarean section, ovariohysterectomy,
herniorrhaphy, tail and penile amputation, correction of paraphimosis, excision of lymphomas, and eye enucleation, external coaptation, wound managements, rumenotomy, and surgical drainage of abscesses. From admitted surgical patients for treatment, about 86% (19/22) were completely recovered whereas 14% (3/22) of the animals were died. Besides, postoperative complications and outcome were followed and recorded. This finding indicate that, provision of
aseptic surgical procedure, treatments and sound postoperative care by well-trained veterinarians on the surgery can save a significant number of life-threatening conditions in addition to improving overall animal condition
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Case Report, Domestic animals, Surgery, Surgical outcome