SciELO - Scientific Electronic Library Online

 
vol.24 número4Pseudohermafroditismo canino: descripción de un casoEnfermedad ulcerativa cutánea septicémica en una colección multi-especie de tortugas semiacuáticas índice de autoresíndice de materiabúsqueda de artículos
Home Pagelista alfabética de revistas  

Servicios Personalizados

Revista

Articulo

Indicadores

  • No hay articulos citadosCitado por SciELO

Links relacionados

Compartir


Revista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Perú

versión impresa ISSN 1609-9117

Resumen

BARROS ALBUQUERQUE, Isaac Manoel; MONTES ITURRIZAGA, David; MENDES ALMEIDA, Eduarda  y  DE MACEDO LINS SILVA NETO, Jairo. Fecal impaction in a python (Boa constrictor): case report. Rev. investig. vet. Perú [online]. 2013, vol.24, n.4, pp.555-560. ISSN 1609-9117.

It is reported the case of an adult python (Boa constrictor) with signs of anorexia, lethargy and no bowel movements for about two months. According to the clinical history, the animal was fed with small amphibians, rats and ground beef. On the clinical evaluation was palpated a firm distention of the coeloic cavity. Through simple radiography was detected 13 radiopaque structures in the final third of the coelomic cavity. The diagnosis was intestinal obstructions due to fecalomas. The initial treatment consisted in oral and transrectal mineral oil; however, without success. Then, an enterotomy was performed and 365 g of fecal content was removed. After surgery, antibiotic therapy using enrofloxacin (10 mg/kg, im) and ketoprofen (2 mg/kg, im) as anti-inflammatory were administered. Also, mineral oil was orally administered (1 mg/kg) to promote intestinal transit.

Palabras clave : fecaloma; anorexia; Boa constrictor.

        · resumen en Español     · texto en Español     · Español ( pdf )