Author/Authors :
Abraham Gabriel, A. Department of Farm & Exotic Animals Medicine & Surgery - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine - Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Malaysia , Yee-Nin, S. T. Department of Veterinary Clinical Studies - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine - Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Selangor, Malaysia , Adamu, Lawan Department of Veterinary Clinical Studies - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine - Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Selangor, Malaysia , Hassan, H. M. D. Department of Veterinary Clinical Studies - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine - Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Selangor, Malaysia , Wahid, A. H. Department of Veterinary Clinical Studies - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine - Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Selangor, Malaysia
Abstract :
Trauma is a common problem in Cownose Ray during mating season in both wild and captive rays. Enucleation is indicated when
there is an ocular trauma. A 5-year-old female Cownose Ray (Rhinoptera bonasus) from Aquaria of Kuala Lumpur Convention
Centre (KLCC) was presented to University Veterinary Hospital (UVH), Universiti Putra Malaysia, with a complaint of protruding
lef eye, which resulted from crushing into artifcial coral during mating season. Tere were a hyphema in the traumatic lef eye,
periorbital tissue tear, exposed lef eye socket, and multiple abrasions on both pectoral fns. Te Cownose was anaesthetized
and maintained with isoeugenol and on-feld emergency enucleation of the lef eye was performed. It was managed medically
with postoperative enrofoxacin, tobramycin ointment, and povidone iodine. No suture breakdown and secondary infection were
observed at day 7 afer enucleation during revisit. At day 24 afer enucleation, the Cownose responded well to treatment with
excellent healing progression and no surgical complication was observed.
