INPACTION OF THE PHARYNX, LARYNX, AND ESOPHAGUS BY AVIAN BONES IN THE DOG AND CAT |
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| Authors: | Victor T Rendano VMD MS James F Zimmer DVM PhD Marc S Wallach DVM Robert Jacobson DVM Irving Pudalov DVM |
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| Institution: | New York State College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853;Hempstead Animal Hospital, Uniondale, New York 11553;Countryside Veterinary Hospital, Dryden, New York 13053;Wantaugh Animal Hospital, Wantaugh, New York 11793. |
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| Abstract: | Avian osseous (mandible, thoracic and caudolateral processes and furculum) foreign body impaction in the larynx, pharynx, and esophagus is described in three cats and one dog. All animals were presented because of gagging. Radiographic assessment revealed the foreign body in each animal. Each foreign body was successfully removed. Three of the animals recovered uneventfully, and one had a persistent change of voice. |
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| Keywords: | larynx pharynx esophagus avian osseous impaction dog and cat osseous foreign body |
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