Gangrenous mastitis is rare in female goat specially three days after kidding which has the criteria of difficult correction and management in a poor family. Referred by local quack three years old Jamunapari female goat was presented at SAQTVH with the complaint of large swelling of udder and the milk not coming from the teat. From 1st day of kidding the udder was painful to touch. We observed right quarter of the doe had swelling of 7.25 cm in diameter and was cold upon touch. The milk from the affected quarter was red-black in color, and the skin of the quarter was indurate with gangrenous red-black discoloration. Pre-operative routine blood examination and identification of associated bacterial agent; two bacteria namely Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli were isolated from the milk sample. The surgical site was cleaned and disinfected and the patient was stabilized with fluid therapy. After sedation left lateral recumbency was achieved using high epidural anesthesia. Ring block was done with 2% lidocaine hydrochloride dosed at 20 ml. Bleeding was managed by ligation, electric cauterizer and artery forceps. Mastectomy was performed by removing affected quarter along with other gangrenous tissue and muscles. After removal an extra covering of skin, the final closure was done by walking suture inside and skin with non-absorbable one performed by using sterilized silk (size-2) with a horizontal mattress pattern. The tissue was sent to a pathology lab for histopathological investigation. Proper post-operative care with antibiotic and analgesic therapy was maintained for next five days. This gangrenous mastitis case was successfully corrected only through surgical approach.
