CANULAÇÃO CECAL EM EQUINOS

Gastrointestinal diseases play an important role in thesystemic alteration in horses. Several studies have been performedin order to better understand these processes. For these studies,to place a cannula inside the animal is a requirement. This studyaimed to describe the surgical technique to place a cecal cannula inhorses and the major postoperative changes. Nine adults and mixedbreed horses were used in this study. The surgical procedure wasperformed in two steps. Primarily, through an incision in the rightcostal region, the dorsal segment of the cecum was sutured againstthe abdominal wall. In the second procedure, after the incision inthe segment of the cecum, a canula was placed in the cecal lumenand sutured against the abdominal wall. This technique was viablewhen performed in two separated surgical procedures. The latexcannulas were well accepted by the horses, samples from the cecumcould be collected throughout a period from 120 to 160 days, beingconsidered appropriated for experimental procedures.