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Case Report
(Published online : 06-01-2013)
11.
A postmortem experience of Indian rock python (Python molurus molurus) that
swallowed a whole barking deer -
Bhajan Chandra Das, Dibyendu Biswas, Mohammed Forhad Hossain, Shubhagata Das,
Amam Zonaed Siddiki
and
Abdul Mannan
Vet World. 2013; 6(3): 163-165
doi:
10.5455/vetworld.2013.1 63-165
Abstract
The object of this study was to report a
post mortem findings of a female Indian Rock Python with a length of 406 cm
(13.32 feet) and approximate weight of 60 kg (including a whole deer that was
swallowed by the python), that was brought to the Teaching Veterinary Hospital,
Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU) by the Forest
Department of Kumira Range Office, Chittagong. The local inhabitants accidently
found the python at the forest area of Kumira and they frightenedly injured and
killed the snake eventually. The postmortem (PM) examination was performed
according to standard protocols. Gross examination revealed bloody discharge was
come out through mouth and a couple of skin lacerations observed on the right
dorso-lateral part of the abdominal region. The whole barrel-shaped body cavity
was opened and whole deer (partially decomposed) was recovered from the stomach.
Furthermore, three fractured ribs were found on right thorax. The PM examination
team believes that the possible cause of python death was traumatic injury
inflicted by the local people.
Keywords: barking deer, nematode, rock
python
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