Extirpation of traumatically ruptured and maggoted eyeball in  a Sambar Deer (<em>Cervus unicolor</em>)

Jayakrushna Das; Biswadeep Jena; Snehasis Pradhan

doi:10.32628/IJSRST162442

Extirpation of traumatically ruptured and maggoted eyeball in a Sambar Deer (Cervus unicolor)

Authors(3) :-Jayakrushna Das, Biswadeep Jena, Snehasis Pradhan

A 10 years old male Sambar deer (Cervus unicolor) of Nandankanan Zoo was presented with traumatically ruptured and maggot infested right eyeball in conjunction with clinical signs like severe ptosis, epiphora, orbital inflammation, periorbital swelling, marked pain upon retropulsion, abnormal ipsilateral nasal odour and discharge. In order to correct the thwarted condition, extirpation of eye ball and tarsorrhaphy was performed. Obligation of proper surgical techniques and maintenance of adequate postoperative measures rewarded with prevention of infection into the brain.

Authors and Affiliations

Jayakrushna Das
Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Biswadeep Jena
Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Snehasis Pradhan
Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

Extirpation, Eyeball, Trauma, Maggot and Sambar Deer

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 2 | Issue 4 | July-August 2016
Date of Publication : 2016-08-30
License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 152-154
Manuscript Number : IJSRST162442
Publisher : Technoscience Academy

Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Online ISSN : 2395-602X

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Jayakrushna Das, Biswadeep Jena, Snehasis Pradhan, " Extirpation of traumatically ruptured and maggoted eyeball in a Sambar Deer (Cervus unicolor), International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Volume 2, Issue 4, pp.152-154 , July-August-2016. Available at doi : 10.32628/IJSRST162442
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Extirpation of traumatically ruptured and maggoted eyeball in a Sambar Deer (Cervus unicolor)