Author/Authors :
CİVELEK, Turan Afyon Kocatepe University, ANS Campus - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Hospital - Department of Internal Medicine, TURKEY , ERFİDAN, Ali Afyon Kocatepe University, ANS Campus - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Hospital - Department of Internal Medicine, TURKEY , BAŞER, Durmuş Fatih Afyon Kocatepe University, ANS Campus - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Hospital - Department of Internal Medicine, TURKEY , ASLAN, Olgun , ŞİMŞEK, Hidayet
Abstract :
In this report gastric foreign body case in a dolphin were described. The case material presented was formed by an adult bottlenose dolphin sheltered in a private dolphin park in Antalya province, Turkey. We intervened after the veterinary who is in charge of the dolphinarium contacted us with a suspicion of “gastric foreign body”. Endoscopic procedure was performed for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes, and a diving mask firmly settled in the distal of the forestomach was diagnosed. Although the foreign body was repeatedly grasped using grasping forceps, it disengaged from the forceps due to the large and heavy structure and slippery surfaces and the removal was unsuccessful in performed gastroscopic procedure. However, at present the best method to use in the diagnosis of foreign bodies and removal of these swallowed objects in the appropriate structure in dolphins is gastroscopy.
NaturalLanguageKeyword :
Delphinidae , Gastroscopy , Marine mammals , Turkey
