Retrospective Studies on Occurence of Dystocia and It's Management in Domestic Animals Patil A. S.*, Rathod Ramesh1, Nagaraja B. N.2 Veterinary Hospital, College of Agriculture University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Dharwad - 580005 (Karnataka) 1Veterinary Officer, Dept of AH and VS, Bagalkot 2Professor, Dept of Surgery and Radiology, Veterinary College, KVAFSU, Bengaluru *Assistant Professor and Corresponding author E-mail: anilpatiluasd@yahoo.co.in
Online published on 6 April, 2015. Abstract The study was undertaken to record occurrence of dystocia in animals and relieve dystocia by conservative treatment (medicinal and or manual/forced extraction), fetotomy or cesarean section and record the outcome. A total of 253 clinical cases of dystocia in cattle (n=88), buffaloes (n=74), goat (n=38), sheep (n=17) and dog (n=36) were screened. Fetal causes of dystocia were common in cows (n=53, 20.95%), whereas maternal causes of dystocia were common (n=39, 15.42%) in buffaloes. Uterine torsion was the most common maternal cause of dystocia both in cattle (n= 11) and buffaloes (n= 23). Fetal oversize was the commonest fetal cause of dystocia both in cattle (n=16) and buffaloes (n=12). The biggest maternal cause of dystocia was uterine inertia in sheep (n=3) and dogs (n=8). Most cases were resolved by medicinal treatment and forced extraction (n=165), followed by cesarean section (n=67) and fetotomy (n=21). Among a total of 441 neonates, 277 were males and 164 were females. A large proportion of cattle and buffaloes had dead fetuses with resultant fetal emphysema when presented (n=115). Following adoption of different treatment methods 238 (53.97%) neonates were delivered live. High rates of complications were associated with fetotomy followed by forced extraction. High success rate was observed in cesarean sections as they were performed in time. Top Keywords Animal, dystocia, fetal, maternal. Top |