Welfare Appraisal of Unilateral Eyeball Enucleation in a Stray Dog

Authors: Shah MK*

DOI: 10.23880/izab-16000350

Volume 5, Issue 1

Abstract

A stray dog having abnormal left eye was rescued from the street of Bharatpur metropolitan city. The dog was kept in kennel for 3 days for acclimatization and fasted overnight before the surgery. The abnormal large growth in the eyeball was diagnosed as tumor of eye. After careful examination and assessing the complications of the affection, it was decided to enucleate the eyeball. The Procaben-LA (20,000 IU/Kg) and Meloxicam (0.3 mg/kg) were injected intramuscularly as a prophylactic antibiotic and preemptive analgesia, respectively 30 minutes before the initiation of enucleation surgery. The dog was induced with intravenous administration of Diazepam and Ketamine-HCl (1:1 v/v) combination and maintained with the same anesthesia (1:2 v/v). After anesthetization, dog was restrained in right lateral recumbent position. The affected eye and adnexia was prepared for aseptic surgical intervention. The auriculo-palpebral nerve block was also achieved by injecting 5 ml of 2% Lignocaine-HCl to cause both sensory and motor paralysis of the eyelids. The affected eyeball was enucleated very carefully following the standard surgical procedure. Finally, the both eyelids were sutured together as a tarsorrhaphy using vicryl in intradermal suture pattern. The same antibiotic i.e., Procaben-LA was administered intramuscularly again after 2 days. Meloxicam were injected intramuscularly daily for next 2 days. The operated area was dressed daily with povidone iodine till it healed completely. The enucleation surgery of the eyeball resulted in an eventual recovery of the dog.

Keywords: Dog; Tumor; Enucleation; Tarsorrhaphy; Eyeball

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