Vol. 11, Special Issue 7 (2022)

Author(s):
Rakesh Pooniya, Suresh Kumar Palsania, Suresh Kumar Jhirwal, Rajesh Saini, Anil Kumar and Mohan Lal

Abstract:
The study was conducted on twelve (n=12) clinical cases of obstructive urolithiasis in male cattle calves with intact urinary bladder presented to the Department of Veterinary Surgery & Radiology, RAJUVAS, Bikaner. The diagnosis was made on the basis of history and clinical signs (anorexia, depression, bilateral abdominal distension and concretions at urethral orifice). All the animals needed surgical intervention for passive routes for passage of urine till bladder healing occurred and urine continued to pass through normal urethral orifice. The animals were divided into two groups depending on the surgical intervention adopted viz., Tube cystostomy (n=6), Perineal urethrostomy (n=6). Higher incidence of obstructive urolithiasis was more recorded in 1-3 months (42.85%) age followed by the calves of 4-6 months (28.57%), 7-9 months (20%) and 10-12 months (8.57%). Haemoglobin was found to be below; BUN and serum creatinine above the normal reference values in majority of the cases. The mean time for removal of catheter in tube cystostomy and perineal urethrostomy was 13.66 and 15.6 days respectively. The overall survival rate was higher in animals treated by tube cystostomy than perineal urethrostomy. Urine acidifiers like ammonium chloride and sodium chloride and herbal litholytic agents like Cystone tablet were effective in dissolution of urinary calculi.