Surgical removal of stones in the stomach of a tiger shovelnose catfish.
A seven months old, tiger shovelnose catfish was referred to the veterinary medical teaching hospital of the college of veterinary medicine, Konkuk university because of suspecting a foreign body in the stomach. By physical and radiologic examinations, the catfish revealed abdominal enlargement, vomiting, inactivity and radiopaque foreign bodies in the stomach. Under general anesthesia with dilute isoflurane solution, celiotomy was performed. Stomach was atonic, and three foreign bodies were palpated in the stomach. In this process, three stones came out through mouth. Abdominal muscles were closed with a simple continuous suture pattern, and skin was closed with a simple mattress suture pattern. Sutured site was covered with glue and mucous taken from allogenic skin. On the second day after surgery, the patient recovered to normal condition, showing increased appetite and activity.
Yoon
Hun Young
HY
Department of Veterinary Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, KonKuk University, Seoul 143-701, Korea.
Jeong
Soon Wuk
SW
Choi
Young Min
YM
Jeong
Man Bok
MB
Kim
Joon Young
JY
Han
Hyun Jung
HJ
Hwang
Min
M
No
Byung Kuk
BK
Park
Sang Hyuk
SH
D000818:Animals; D002397:Catfishes / Q000601:surgery*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005773:Gastroscopy / Q000662:veterinary; D013270:Stomach / Q000601:surgery*