Surgical removal of stones in the stomach of a tiger shovelnose catfish

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

A seven months old, tiger shovelnose catfish was referred to the veterinary medical teaching hospital of the college of
veterinary medicine, Konkuk university because of suspecting a foreign body in the stomach. By physical and radiologic examinations, the catfish revealed abdominal
enlargement, vomiting, inactivity and radiopaque foreign bodies in the stomach. Under general anesthesia with dilute
isoflurane solution, celiotomy was performed. Stomach was atonic, and three foreign bodies were palpated in the
stomach. In this process, three stones came out through mouth. Abdominal muscles were closed with a simple continuous suture pattern, and skin was closed with a
simple mattress suture pattern. Sutured site was covered with glue and mucous taken from allogenic skin. On the second day after surgery, the patient recovered to normal
condition, showing increased appetite and activity.

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