Abstract

A one year old male buffalo calf was presented to the Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology with the history of dysphagia and hypersalivation over a period of two days. As the animal resisted physical examination of the oral cavity, on radiographic examination, a radio opaque fish hook shaped object was observed inside the oral cavity. Under multimodal general anaesthesia using butorphanol-xylazine-ketamine premedication and guaiphenesin-ketamine continuous rate infusion, a fish hook along with a piece of nylon thread was removed successfully from the oral cavity and the animal made an uneventful recovery.

Keywords : Multimodal balanced general anaesthesia, fish hook, foreign body, guaiphenesin, ketamine