Department of Surgery, Anesthesiology, and Radiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aswan University, Aswan, 81528, Egypt.
Department of Surgery, Anesthesiology, and Radiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, 71526, Egypt.
BMC Vet Res. 2022 May 20;18(1):192. doi: 10.1186/s12917-022-03283-8.
Self-sucking is an abnormal behavior lead to important economic losses for dairy farms. The objective of this study was to evaluate tongue piercing as a novel technique to prevent self-sucking in cattle and buffaloes. The study was carried out on 26 cows and 4 buffaloes suffered from self-sucking. Tongue piercing was achieved by the application of an implant in the midline of the tongue and anterior to the frenulum linguae. With a follow up period of 6 months.
This implant produced mechanical disruption of the affected animals ability to curl their tongues, in a U- shape manner, subsequently it was impossible for these animals to cup their tongues and suck its own teats. Slight swelling around the piercing site of the tongue was observed among all animals on the first 3 days after surgery. No other complications have been reported.
Tongue piercing is an effective, rapid, easy, minimally invasive technique to prevent self-sucking among cattle and buffaloes, moreover, the technique was more widely acceptable by the owners than other traditional and surgical methods.
自吮是一种异常行为，会给奶牛场带来重大经济损失。本研究旨在评估舌钉作为一种防止牛和水牛自吮的新方法。该研究在 26 头奶牛和 4 头水牛中进行，这些动物患有自吮症。舌钉是通过在舌中线和舌系带前方应用植入物来实现的。随访期为 6 个月。
这种植入物会破坏受影响动物卷曲舌头的能力，使它们无法以 U 形方式卷起舌头，从而使它们无法将舌头卷成杯状并吮吸自己的乳头。所有动物在手术后的头 3 天，在舌钉穿刺部位周围都出现了轻微肿胀。没有报告其他并发症。
舌钉是一种有效、快速、简单、微创的技术，可以防止牛和水牛自吮，此外，该技术比其他传统和手术方法更被主人接受。
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