HEAD AND NECK

Enucleation of the eyeball (goat)

Signalment: Chamois Colored dairy goat, 40 kg, second lactation, permanent housing in winter, summer mountain pasture. In the barn at the time of the event, likely of traumatic origin.
Symptoms: the injured right eyeball protrudes from the orbit, still mobile. Upon clinical examination, the animal is alert and responsive; cardiopulmonary and ruminal auscultation are normal, rectal temperature is normal.
Therapy: medical treatment with NSAIDs and antibiotics (beta-lactams) to prevent the risk of ascending infections.

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