肠扭转是指肠管沿其纵轴或以肠系膜基部为轴发生不同程度的扭转。各种动物均可发生,兽医临床上马属动物较为常见,但也有大熊猫、海豚、牦牛、奶牛、猪、犬等动物发生肠扭转的病例报道。本病例中亚洲象发生肠扭转死亡,在国内为首次报道,现将诊治情况报道如下,供同行参考。1病史2014年10月25日上午10:00,西双版纳州野象谷景区饲养的亚洲象“野象谷”发病。该象雄性,年龄17岁,体重约2 000 kg。在放牧过程中,饲养员发 Intestinal torsion refers to the intestine along its longitudinal axis or to the base of the mesentery axis varying degrees of torsion. A variety of animals can occur, veterinary clinic equine animals are more common, but there are also giant panda, dolphin, yak, cow, pig, dog and other animals intestinal volvulus cases reported. In this case, Asian elephant intestinal torsion death occurred in China for the first time reported the diagnosis and treatment are now reported as follows for peer reference. 1 History On October 25, 2014, at 10:00 a.m., the elephants “Elephant Valley” reared in the Elephant Valley in Xishuangbanna Prefecture were affected. The male, age 17, weighs about 2 000 kg. In the grazing process, breeders send