The Penanganan Penyakit Hernia Umbilikalis pada Kucing di Klinik Hewan DRD Veterinary Animal Care Kota Surabaya

Abstract

Mammal animal as companion animal is cat. The disease that can attack cat can be infectious and non-infectious. Infectious disease can be caused by bacteria, viruses, and fungi, while one of non-infectious diseases in cat is hernia. Hernia is a form of abnormal protrusion that occurs in organ from its normal location through a hole into a sac lined by 3 layers including the peritonium, tunika flava dan skin. The purpose of this activity is to find out the procedure, clinical symptoms, examination, and treatment of cats with hernia umbilicalis in inpatients at DRD Veterinary Clinic Surabaya City. Hernia can occur caused by congenital or trauma. The diagnostic methods of umbilical hernia taken from signalement, anamneses, physical examination with clinical sign that seen from hernia is abdominal swelling in umbilicus area, and then do the Xray examination with lateral view to see hernias ring and content of the hernia that appear radiolucent. Treatment of umbilical hernia case is surgery. Post surgery treatment was hospitalizes for 10 days with antibiotic oxytetracycline (Vet-Oxy LA®) to prevent the secondary infection and cleaning the wounds with Die Da Yao Jing® twice a day with sterile bandage dressing.