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Volume 13 (2):19-23, 2009
Management of submandibular abscess in a porcupine
(Hystrix indica).
Roy S, Mukherjee P, Acharyya
S,
Department of
Veterinary surgery and Radiology, West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery
Sciences.
ABSTRACT
S. Roy S,
Ph.D., Mukherjee P, Ph.D., Acharyya
S, M.V.Sc Nandi SK., Management
of Submandibular Abscess in a Porcupine (Hystrix indica) Online J Vet Res 13 (2):19-23, 2009. A 12 yr
old porcupine (Hystrix Indica)
with anorexia was diagnosed with an abscess requiring ‘pointing’ for surgical
drainage. Hot compressions with magnesium sulphate
and Ceftrioxone orally was then administered
for three days. A small surgical incision was made on the pointing area to evacuate
pus which was collected for culture and sensitivity test. The cultures revealed
no bacterial growth up to 48 hours post inoculation. The abscess cavity was
irrigated with 0.1% potassium permanganate and was dressed daily with sterile
gauze soaked in 5% povidone iodine solution along
with 125 mg of Ceftrioxone intramuscularly once daily
for five days. Salt lick was provided. After 15 days post drainage, again a
swab was taken from the abscess cavity, which on culture demonstrated no growth
in media. This report is a case of successfully managed submandibular abscess in a porcupine with uneventful recovery.