MASSIVE FORMATION OF TRICHOBEZOARS IN SHEEP

Authors
RAMADAN RO
Citation
Ro. Ramadan, MASSIVE FORMATION OF TRICHOBEZOARS IN SHEEP, Agri-Practice, 16(9), 1995, pp. 26-28
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture Dairy & AnumalScience","Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Agri-Practice → ACNP
ISSN journal
0745452X
Volume
16
Issue
9
Year of publication
1995
Pages
26 - 28
Database
ISI
SICI code
0745-452X(1995)16:9<26:MFOTIS>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
A total of 107 wool balls (trichobezoars) and a few soft foreign bodie s were removed from two sheep. Ten balls were found inside the abomasu m. The foreign bodies represented about 11.5% of each animal's bodywei ght. These were successfully removed by rumenotomy.