Comparison Between Intralingual Suture Patterns for Prevention of Self-Suckling and Inter-Sucking in Dairy Cattle

Seddek, Aiman; AbdelFattah, Mohamed; ElRashidy, Mohammed; Awaad, Ashraf; Abdel Maksoud, Mohamed Kamal

doi:10.21608/jcvr.2022.240917

Comparison Between Intralingual Suture Patterns for Prevention of Self-Suckling and Inter-Sucking in Dairy Cattle

Authors

¹ Surgery, anesthesiology and radiology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medecine, Sohag Univiversity, Sohag 82524, Egypt.

² Surgery, anesthesiology and radiology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medecine, Minia University, Minia 61519, Egypt.

³ Anatomy and Embryology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef 62511, Egypt.

⁴ Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Beni-Suef university

10.21608/jcvr.2022.240917

Abstract

The current research aimed to describe seven less-invasive techniques for the prevention of self-suckling and inter-suckling, to estimate the topographical sagittally and horizontally induced dorso-lingual convexities after surgery, as well as to investigate the adverse effect of the undesirable sagittally induced dorso-lingual convexity on the prehension and licking. Four tongue specimens of apparently healthy adult slaughtered cows were collected from the local slaughterhouse in Beni-Suef province and freshly dissected for clarification of their lingual musculature. Grossly, the cow's tongue was reinforced by a complex myo-architecture of extrinsic and intrinsic muscles; the former included styloglossus, genioglossus and hyoglossus. Together with those of the intrinsic muscles, the fibers of the styloglossus muscle formed the rostral free part of the tongue (about 10-11 cm). The operated cows were classified into seven groups (n= 10 cows for each), and the recently-invented rectangular intralingual suture pattern was applied to group (A), affecting mainly the styloglossus muscle to prevent the formation of the tube-shaped tongue during self-suckling, and six modifications were applied to the other groups. After surgery, the dorso-lingual surfaces were casted, and the heights of the rostral and posterior, sagittal and horizontal convexities of these casts were measured and analyzed statistically. In the current study, we attempted to develop some grades for assessment of the prehension and licking abnormalities. Statistically, the seven groups had no significant differences in prehension normality. These patterns are advised to be used for prevention of self-suckling due to their high success rates and minimal adverse effects on normal prehension.

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