RETRIEVAL OF AN INGESTED SEWING-NEEDLE IN A TOM CAT – A CASE REPORT
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Rohit Kumar Sharma
Rajasthan University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences Navania, Udaipur, Rajasthan
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Abid Ali
Rajasthan University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences Navania, Udaipur, Rajasthan
Keywords:
Cat, linear foreign body, radiograph, sewing-needle, surgical-retrievalAbstract
An one and half years old tom cat weighing 5.2 kg was presented at Veterinary Clinical Complex, Navania, with the history of swallowing a sewing-needle along with the thread. Lateral radiograph was taken for confirmatory diagnosis. Diagnosis and a successful surgical retrieval of ingested 3.4 cms long sewing-needle attached with 17 cms long thread was carried out and the animal recovered by a week after surgery without any complications.
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