Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to M S Bodri.
A chronic cloacal prolapse in an Indian python was repaired by modification of a cloacapexy technique. After isolation of the cloaca, stay sutures were placed through the lumen of the cloaca and through the musculature of the body wall, incorporating a rib within the pexy.
Retained yolk sacs are common in the domestic chicken and account for considerable morbidity and mortality during late embryonic development and within the first 10 days of life. What is believed to be the first recorded instance of a retained caseous yolk sac and its successful surgical removal from a Burmese python (Python molurus bivittatus) is reported. The snake experienced no post-operative complications and continues to be well 16 mo following surgery.