Vol. 11, Special Issue 12 (2022)

The present clinical study, entitled “clinical evaluation of scalpel blade and electrocautery surgical incision techniques for ovariohysterectomy in dogs” was conducted in 12 clinical cases of dogs presented for ovariohysterectomy at Department of Veterinary Surgery & Radiology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Kamdhenu University, Junagadh, Gujarat. The cases were randomly divided into two equal groups. Group I, dog underwent scalpel blade technique and Group II, dogs underwent electrocautery technique for ovariohysterectomy in dogs. Surgical techniques evaluated for hematobiochemical parameters, blood loss and wound healing. Study reveals there was non-significant difference observed in various haemato-biochemical parameters following ovariohysterectomy with different surgical incisional techniques except haemoglobin and total leucocyte counts value. There was significantly more blood loss was observed with the use of scalpel blade compared to electrocautery incision techniques. However, regarding to wound healing, scalpel blade resulted into significantly early healing of wound compared to electrocautery.