Vol. 9, Issue 5, Part K (2024)

The most common esophageal foreign bodies in dogs are bones. They may cause partial or complete obstruction of the oesophageal lumen. Six dogs were presented to the Veterinary Clinical Complex, VC&RI, Tirunelveli aged between 8 months - 2.5 years with the history of salivation, retching, regurgitation, inappetance, dehydration and restlessness. Physical examination of three animals revealed a foreign body in the cervical eosophagus. Survey radiography was taken for all the six cases which revealed radioopaque bone pieces in different parts of the eosophagus. Manual retrieval through oral cavity was attempted in three cases out of which two were successfully retrieved under general anaesthesia. Four dogs were subjected to surgery of which esophagotomy was performed in two dogs and gastrotromy in two cases under Isoflurane anaesthesia. Post-operative fluid therapy, antibiotics, antihistamine, and analgesics were administered to all the dogs. All the dogs made an uneventful recovery.