INTAS POLIVET
Open Access
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue: 2

Management of Obstructive Dystocia due to Fetal Anasarca in a Bitch

  • Author:
  • C. Latha, J. Radhakrishna Rao, K. Murali Mohan
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 361 to 362

Teaching Veterinary Clinical Complex, College of Veterinary Science, Shri P.V. Narsimha Rao University for Veterinary, Animal and Fishery Sciences, Hyderabad - 560030 (Telangana)

*Corresponding author E-mail: drlatha276@gmail.com

Online published on 6 April, 2015.

Abstract

Fetal anasarca in a litter of English Bulldog bitch presented with history of continuous straining and having greenish black vaginal discharge. Emergency caesarean section was performed to remove dead anasarca fetus causing obstructive dystocia due to its large size along with the anasarca fetus, four others pups were born normal. The bitch recovered uneventfully.

Keywords

Anasarca, bitch, dystocia, fetal