Theriogenology Insight - An International Journal of Reproduction in all Animals
  • Year: 2018
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue: 1

Dystocia due to monozygotic twin monster in murrah buffalo

  • Author:
  • S. Srivastava1, Akhil Patel2, Vijay Gautam1, Pushkar Sharma1,, Narendra Singh1, Naveen Kumar Singh2, Shri Prakash Verma3
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 01 to 04

1Department of Veterinary Gynaecology & Obstetrics, College of Veterinary Sciences & Animal Husbandry, NDUAT, Kumarganj, Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh, India

2Teaching Veterinary Clinical Complex, College of Veterinary Sciences & Animal Husbandry, NDUAT, Kumarganj, Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh, India

3Department of Veterinary Surgery & Radiology, College of Veterinary Sciences & Animal Husbandry, NDUAT, Kumarganj, Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh, India

*Corresponding author: pushkarsharma620@gmail.com

Online published on 6 October, 2018.

Abstract

A nine year old full term pregnant fifth parity Murrah buffalo was presented to TVCC with the complication of dystocia due to a conjoined twin monster foetus with dicephalus derodymus Thoracopagus tetrabrachius tetrapus dicaudatus along with scoliosis. It was uncommon case of anterior duplication of foetus in buffalo and it's per-vaginal delivery by fetotomy was performed successfully.

Keywords

Congenital defect, Monster, Dystocia, Fetotomy