Moroccan Journal of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences

Vol. 12 No. 3 (2024): September 2024
Animal Production and Health

Evaluation of practices and means of management of digestive surgeries in veterinary practices in west africa

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  • Sahidi ADAMOU,
  • Rock Allister LAPO,
  • Noureddine BEN CHEHIDA
Sahidi ADAMOU Service de chirurgie et reproduction, Ecole Inter-Etats de Sciences et Médecine Vétérinaires (EISMV), Dakar, Sénégal
Rock Allister LAPO Service Physiologie-Pharmacodynamie-Thérapeutique, Département des Sciences Biologiques et Productions Animales, Ecole Inter Etats des Sciences et Médecine Vétérinaires (EISMV) de Dakar, Sénégal
Noureddine BEN CHEHIDA Service de chirurgie, Ecole Nationale de Médecine Vétérinaire (ENMV) de Sidi Thabet, Tunisie

Published 2024-09-15

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Abstract

Digestive surgery is one of the most common procedures performed in veterinary clinics, apart from surgeries of convenience. Their late diagnosis, with discreet clinical signs, considerably reduces the time required for surgery. As a result, the practitioner needs to be equipped and able to adapt to the lesions present, in order to avoid post-operative complications. It was with this in mind that we carried out this study, the aim of which was to assess the availability of equipment and methods or techniques for managing digestive surgery in veterinary practices in West Africa. The study revealed that all West African veterinary practices (100%) perform soft-tissue surgery, with the exception of Côte d'Ivoire (85.2%), which has a minimum of 02 soft-tissue surgery kits. The availability of complementary diagnostic equipment is a problem, and asepsis rules are little or not respected. The availability of consumables also remains limited (03 types of non-absorbable sutures and 03 types of absorbable sutures; only 04 molecules available for use in the anesthetic protocol). Numerous constraints were also raised by practitioners in the performance of surgical procedures.

Keywords: Digestive surgery, elective surgery, soft tissue, management, West Africa

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