Praveenkumar Chandrasekaran¹*,Yerukala Jayaramudu¹, Krishna Kiran¹, Bhanu Pratap Singh², P Udhayabanu³, S Sruthy¹, Krishnendu H S¹, Deva Ramu⁴ and Bharath Vinayak⁵

¹MVSc Scholar, Division of Surgery, ICAR - Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
²PhD Scholar, Division of Surgery, ICAR - Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
³PhD Scholar, Division of Medicine, ICAR - Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
⁴PhD Scholar, Division of Pathology, ICAR - Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
⁵UG Scholar, College of Vterinary Science, Assam Agricultural University, Khanapara, Guwahati, Assam, India

*Corresponding Author: Praveenkumar Chandrasekaran, MVSc Scholar, Division of Surgery, ICAR - Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Received: April 17, 2025; Published: May 09, 2025

Abstract

A 6 months old buffalo heifer was presented with the history of high fever and severe respiratory distress for past 8 hours. Owner also reported, the death of one more buffalo calf with the same symptoms yesterday. On clinical examination, animal showed apparent ventral cervical swelling, pyrexia, lacrimation and severe dyspnoea with roaring noise. Based on the above mentioned clinical signs, history, species involved and age of the affected animal, it was tentatively diagnosed as hemorrhagic septicemia induced acute airway obstruction and standing emergency tracheostomy was planned. After infiltration of local anaesthesia, standing emergency tracheostomy was performed with the use of custom prepared polyvinyl chloride endotracheal tube and animal recovered uneventfully after combination of medical and surgical treatment. Blood smear examination revealed characteristic safety pin appearance suggestive of Pasteurella sp. The current paper reports the management of acute airway obstruction in a buffalo heifer by standing emergency tracheostomy in combination with medical treatment.

Keywords: Buffalo; Airway Obstruction; Tracheostomy; Hemorrhagic Septicemia; Endotracheal Tube

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Citation

Citation: Praveenkumar Chandrasekaran., et al. “Standing Emergency Tracheostomy in a Buffalo with Acute Airway Obstruction - Case Report". Acta Scientific Veterinary Sciences 7.6 (2025): 12-15.

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