Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
5TH INTERNATIONAL BURSA SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHS CONGRESS, Bursa, Türkiye, 1 - 03 Mart 2024, ss.135-147, (Tam Metin Bildiri)
Foreign body ingestion is a condition that we frequently encounter, especially in young animals, and often requires emergency intervention. Pets may swallow linear objects such as bones, toys, buckles, socks, needles, rubber balls or ropes during play. Symptoms such as continuous vomiting, regurgitation, excessive salivation, retching, loss of appetite, restlessness and depression occur in animals that swallow foreign bodies. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of age, breed and gender in cats that swallow foreign bodies. In addition, which imaging tool was used in the diagnosis was evaluated. Endoscopy and radiology (with or without contrast) were used as imaging tools for diagnosis in cats that swallowed foreign bodies. The cases of this study consisted of feline patients admitted to Erzurum Atatürk University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Hospital with the complaint of foreign body ingestion between January 2020 and February 2024. The highest age ratio (71%) of cats with suspected foreign body ingestion was 1-3 years old. This was followed by 5 years old cats (16%) and 4 and 6 years old cats (6%). The distribution of cats with suspected foreign body ingestion according to breeds was highest in tabby cats (42%). This was followed by british shorthair and scottish fold (16%), ankara cat and cross breed (6%), british longhaired chinchilla, van cat and scottish shorthair (3%). The distribution of the cats with suspected foreign body ingestion according to sex was 48% female and 52% male. In cats that swallowed foreign bodies, 65% of the foreign body was localised in the intestine, 18% in the oesophagus, 12% in the stomach, 6% in both the stomach and intestine.