TRACHEAL RECONSTRUCTION FOLLOWING TRACHEAL LACERATION IN A BUFFALO BULL

Tracheal laceration are surgical affection in buffaloes and occur following trauma due to barbed wire, penetrating foreign objects or accidents. A five-year-old buffalo bull was brought to Veterinary Clinical Complex with the complaint of a deep lacerated wound at the ventral neck region. Physical, clinical and radiographic examination revealed full thickness tracheal laceration from ventral aspect without the involvement of esophagus. Under sedation, tracheal reconstruction was performed and animal recovered uneventfully.