Surgical Lesions Encountered in Gazelles (Gazella subgutturosa) (28 Cases): A Retrospective Study

Goitered gazelles (Gazella subgutturosa) numbers of which are decreasing rapidly are timid,excitable animals that are hard to immobilize. This study aimed to investigate the surgical lesionsthat were encountered in 28 captured goitered gazelles that were brought to the surgery clinic ofthe Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at Harran University in the period of 2014-2018 in terms of age,sex, date of admission, etiology and the anesthesia protocol that was applied. The lesions weredetermined to be bone tissue and skeletal system diseases in 14 cases (50%), generalinflammatory events in 10 (36%), eye diseases in 3 (11%) and nerve tissue disease in 1 (3%). As aresult, since gazelles have a timid and excited nature, more care should be taken in clinicalprocedures to prevent complications that can cause sudden deaths, such as CM. Since theanesthesia protocols used in the current study did not cause any complications in gazelles, it wasconcluded that it could shed light on the veterinary clinicians working in the field and the studies tobe carried out.

Ceylanlarda (Gazella subgutturosa) Karşılaşılan Cerrahi Lezyonlar (28 Olgu): Retrospektif Çalışma

Sayıları büyük bir hızla azalmakta olan kursaklı ceylanlar (Gazella subgutturosa) hassas, heyecanlı, immobilizasyonu zor yaban hayvanlarıdır. Bu retrospektif çalışmada 2014-2018 yılları arasında Harran Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Cerrahi Kliniğine getirilen 28 kursaklı ceylanda (Gazella subgutturosa) karşılaşılan cerrahi lezyonların yaş, cinsiyet, başvuru tarihi, etiyoloji ile uygulanan anestezi protokolü yönünden değerlendirilmesi amaçlandı. Lezyonlar kemik doku ve iskelet sistemi hastalıkları 14 olgu (%50), genel yangısal olaylar 10 olgu (%36), göz hastalıkları 3 olgu (%11) ve sinir doku hastalığı 1 olgu (%3) olarak tespit edildi. Sonuç olarak, ceylanlar çekingen ve heyecanlı bir yapıya sahip olduklarından, CM gibi ani ölümlere neden olabilecek komplikasyonları önlemek için müdahalelere daha fazla özen gösterilmelidir. Bu çalışmada kullanılan anestezi protokolleri ceylanlarda herhangi bir komplikasyona neden olmadığından, sahada çalışan veteriner hekimlere ve yapılacak çalışmalara ışık tutabileceği sonucuna varılmıştır.

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