Priyanka N¹*, Nagaraju N², BR Balappanavar¹ and Manjunatha DR⁴

¹Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Hassan, Karnataka, India
²Assistant Professor and Head, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Gadag, Karnataka, India
³Assistant Professor and Head, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Hassan, Karnataka, India
⁴Assistant Professor and Head, Department of VCC, Hassan, KVAFSU, Bidar, India

*Corresponding Author: Priyanka N, Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Hassan, Karnataka, India.

Received: November 01, 2022; Published: March 25, 2023

Abstract

A four and half years old Holstein Friesian crossbred cow was presented to the Veterinary College Hospital, with a complaint of laceration of the tongue to its full thickness at rostral one third, due to barbed wire while grazing. The lacerated tongue was sutured under standing sedation by administering Xylazine @ 0.01 mg/kg, Butorphanol dose 0.02 mg/kg and Ketamine combination @ 0.04 mg/kg body weight along with local infiltration of 2% lignocaine solutionusing 1-0 polyglactin 910 simple continuous suture pattern. Post operativelyinj. streptopencillin at the 20,000 IU/kg body weight administered intramuscularly, with the restricted fodder, local antiseptic gel applied on the tongue for a week, resulted in successful surgical repair of the tongue and the animal regained normal tongue function after 15 days.

Keywords: Barbed wire; Laceration; Repair; Tongue

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Citation

Citation: Priyanka N.,et al. “Surgical Management of Tongue Laceration in a Cow-A Case Report". Acta Scientific Veterinary Sciences 5.4 (2023): 108-110.

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