INTAS POLIVET

Open Access
  • Year: 2020
  • Volume: 21
  • Issue: 1

Surgical Management of Fetal Maceration in a Cow -A Case Report

  • Author:
  • S. Kantharaj1,, H. Hemalatha2, K. Murugavel3, D. Antoine4
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 76 to 77

1Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Veterinary Education and Research (RIVER), Kurumbapet, Puducherry -605009 (Puducherry)

2Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Veterinary Education and Research (RIVER), Kurumbapet, Puducherry -605009 (Puducherry)

3Professor, Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Veterinary Education and Research (RIVER), Kurumbapet, Puducherry -605009 (Puducherry)

4Professor and Head, Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Veterinary Education and Research (RIVER), Kurumbapet, Puducherry -605009 (Puducherry)

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

Online published on 17 January, 2022.

Abstract

A pluriparous cow in her fourth lactation and fifth gestational month was presented with purulent vaginal discharge for last five days. Based on rectal and vaginal examination, the condition was diagnosed as fetal maceration. The macerated fetus and its contents were removed through left paralumbar laparo-hysterotomy. The animal was inseminated during subsequent second estrus, which occurred sixty days post surgery. The cow gave birth to a healthy female calf with normal gestation.

Keywords

Caesarean section, Fertility, Fetal maceration