Surgical Management of Obstructive Urolithiasis in a male Cow calf

Published online at www.veterinaryworld.org on 25-03-2011 Introduction elevated body temperature, increased heart rate and respiration rate. On per rectal examination urinary Urinary calculi, or uroliths, are concretions of bladder was found to be distended. On clinical solid mineral and organic compounds that cause examination, animal was found to be dehydrated with disease through direct trauma to the urinary tract and abdominal distension. The case was tentatively obstruction of urinary outflow. Urinary calculi formation diagnosed to be of obstructive urolithiasis and it was usually results from a combination of physiologic, decided to perform post-scrotal urethrotomy.nutritional and management factors. It is mainly attributed to excessive or imbalanced intake of Surgical procedure minerals (Larson 1996, Radostits et al. 2000). After aseptic preparation postscrotal urethro-Obstructive urolithiasis means the formation of calculi tomy was performed under posterior epidural in the urinary tract with subsequent urinary blockage anaesthesia which was achieved using 6 ml of 0.5 % by uroliths (Payne 1989, Radostits et al. 2000). It is