Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University (CSKHPKV), Palampur-176062 (Himachal Pradesh)
*Assistant Professor and Corresponding author E-mail: vet50amy@gmail.com
Online published on 6 April, 2015.
A brief retrospective analysis of thirty small ruminants suffering from dystocia were evaluated over a period of two years. The clinical cases of dystocia were categorized into fetal (n=11) and maternal causes (n=19). Fetal causes included faulty maldisposition (n=5), fetal monster (n=2) and oversized fetus (n=4). Similarly, maternal causes includes incomplete cervical dilatation (n=8), uterine torsion (n=2), narrow pelvis (n=7) and secondary uterine inertia (n=2). Thirteen animals were relieved from dystocia by gentle traction and rest seventeen animals were subjected to caesarean section by lower left flank laparohysterotomy. All does except three, had an uneventful recovery. Only 21.62% (n=8) live kid/lamb were delivered by traction or caesarean section procedures adopted. In our study major causes of dystocia due to fetal and maternal origin were faulty maldisposition (45.45%) and incomplete cervical dilatation (42.10%). Sixty percent (18/30) of dystocia were present in yearling or primiparous females.
Caesarean section, dystocia, small ruminant
