Right Multiple Ventro-lateral Traumatic Abdominal Hernia in a 1½ -Year-Old Balami Ram: A Case Report
Japheth Joel Kalang *
Department of Veterinary Medicine, Surgery and Radiology, University of Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.
Paul Iliya Sambo
Department of Veterinary Medicine, Surgery and Radiology, University of Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.
Emmanuel Vandi Tizhe
Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, University of Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.
Sunday Hena
Department of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.
Adaji Ocholi Gideon
Department of Veterinary Medicine, Surgery and Radiology, University of Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.
Babalola Samuel Adeola
Department of Veterinary Medicine, Surgery and Radiology, University of Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.
Machief Daniel Awangs
Department of Veterinary Medicine, Surgery and Radiology, University of Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.
Richard Ahembe
Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria.
Bala Usman
Department of Veterinary Medicine, Surgery and Radiology, University of Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Hernia is a word derived from Latin refering to “bud” or “offshoot.” Acquired hernia can be due to trauma, excessive abdominal distension, frequent over feeding, pregnancy or trauma. The condition is reported to be common in dogs and pigs but less so in other domestic animals. A Balami ram, was presented with a chief complaint of a large bulge on the right side of the abdomen. The client revealed that, the condition was first noticed about 5 months prior to presentation as a small swelling. The ram was said to had been involved in a fight with its pen mate a bull. The patient was aseptically prepared for surgery, drapped and longitudinal skin incision made on each identified bulge, the hernia contents were evaluated and returned into their normal anatomical positions. The peritoneal sheet was then closed and the hernia ring edges refreshed and subsequently apposed using chromic catgut size 2 suture material. An uneventful recovery was achieved. We recommend that, rams should not be housed together with bulls.
Keywords: Abdominal hernia, herniorraphy, ruminant, surgical repair