ABSTRACT
Present study was conducted on twelve apparently healthy goats free from cardiothoracic diseases. The animals were divided into two groups each containing 6 animals to evaluate various the cardiothoracic parameters. Mean ± SE values of body weight and age were measured 11.83 ± 0.70 (range 10 - 15) kg, 3.75 ± 0.31 (range 3 - 5) month and 25.67 ± 1.73 (range 16-30) kg, 8.58 ± 0.95 (range 6.5 - 12) month in animals of the group-I and II, respectively. In thoracic radiographic examination, routinely used in cases which cardiac evaluation is indicated, quantitative assessment of the heart is a useful role to be used in combination with subjective analysis. The purpose of this study was to establish the standard values (range) for radiographic parameters of the heart and thorax. Cardiophrenic contact (cm), Cardiac inclination angle (degree), Tracheal angle (degree), Tracheal diameter (cm), Cardiac height/thoracic height, Cardiac width/thoracic height, Cardiac width / T3-T5, Cardiac height / R3-R5, Cardiac width / R3-R5, Cardiophrenic contact /cardiac height, Cardiac height + cardiac width/R3-R5, cardiac height + cardiac width /thoracic height and Tracheal diameter/T4, except cardiosternal contact (No. of sternabae), cardiac height/T3-T5, and cardiac height + cardiac width /T3-T5, were found to be non-significantly different between animals of the group-I and group-II. The standardized values of cardiothoracic parameters and their correlation with age and weight would be helpful to diagnose various cardio-thoracic illnesses in goats
ABSTRACT
Forty foreign bodies (29 located in oesophagus and 11 located in the stomach) were removed by means of a flexible fibreoptic endoscope over a period of two years. The foreign bodies consisted of coins, a pin, a needle, a big button, a key ring, a fish bone, a denture, some fruit seeds, a meat bolus, a lock, a golden chain, a diamond nose ring, an ear top and a nasal catheter. Age of the patients ranged from four months to eighty years. Anaesthesia was required in 5 paediatric patients. Thus this method was found to be a safe, rewarding and non-operative one.