CHOLECYSTITIS AND GALL-BLADDER RUPTURE IN A DOG

An eight-year-old dog was presented to the hospital with clinical sign s of ascites and jaundice, and a history of pyrexia, abdominal pain an d vomiting. Ultrasonography and abdominocentesis were used to confirm diagnosis of rupture of the extrahepatic biliary tract. Clostridium pe rfringens was cultured from the gall bladder and a cholecystectomy was performed. A successful outcome was achieved with early, aggressive m edical and surgical treatment.