Informe final de pasantía profesional en la clínica veterinaria Pequeños Animales Bucaramanga Santander – Colombia. Emergencia veterinaria: Obstrucción gástrica, peritonitis e intususcepción duodenal por ingestión de cuerpo extraño lineal en canino de raza Bull Terrier, reporte de un caso clínico.

Abstract

Gastric or intestinal blockages that turn down in an intestinal intussusception and sometimes visors rupture with subsequent peritonitis are common deadly causes in small animal’s clinic, making it necessary for medical care for resolution. The following case report a canine Bull Terrier breed, 3 years old that enters in the Clínica Veterinaria Pequeños Animales, by swallowing a foreign body seven days ago, presence of fever, starvation and reported few bowel movements. At clinical examination the patient shows dehydration and abdominal painfulness of mesogastrio palpation. Antibiotic treatment, hepatoprotective, vitamins, fluid, and protective mucosal is established, by abdominal ultrasound was diagnosed intestinal intussusception. By X-ray is exposed the presence of a foreign linear body type which is solved by gastrostomy. The patient undergoes exploratory laparotomy where resolution of the clinical picture is performed. It is discharged 72 hours after the surgical resolution.