Surgical Management of Intestinal Obstruction due to Pebbles in a Labrador Dog

Abstract

An adult Labrador dog presented with signs of prolonged anorexia, vomition, dehydration, not passing stools and weakness. It was suspected as intestinal obstruction on abdominal palpation and history. The dog was stabilized with fluid therapy and an emergency laparo-enterotomy was performed and retrieved few pebbles. With good pre and post-operative treatment, the animal recovered uneventfully.

Successful Surgical Management of Intestinal Foreign Body in a Labrador Dog

“…Radiography is commonly used in suspected gastrointestinal foreign bodies but plain abdominal radiographs may be unremarkable in many cases and abdominal ultrasonography may be required to confirm the diagnosis (Hoday et al, 2014). Kamalakar et al, (2018) performed enterotomy in Labrador bitch and recovered few pebbles. Mahesh et al, (2019) performed enterotomy and recovered spherical ball from six month old male Dobbermann.…”