Dystocia due to a dicephalus monster fetus in a buffalo and It's successful per vaginal removal

Abstract

Fetal anomalies and monstrosities are common causesof dystocia in bovines and are disturbances of development that involve the sexual organs and cause great distortion of the individual. The incidence of abnormal calvings in buffaloes is from 4.6% to 12.6%. Eight years aged native buffalo, with its third lactation with ahistory of natural service 306 days back was presented to the Veterinary Hospital, Hombal Village, Gadag taluk of Gadag district, Karnataka State. The animal was presented with the complaintof inspite of continuous straining for the last 06 h after the expulsion of the first water bag, there was no progression to the parturition stage. Pervagina lexamination reveale dafully dilatedcervix and abnormal fetus with two heads joined at the neck in anterior presentation with dorsolateral position witha deviation ofhead, one head was removed gently followed by anotherthat was 90-degree angle corrected and removed a female dead fetus under low caudal epidural anaesthesia. Adicephalusmonsterfetus was relieved pervaginally without surgicalintervention and reported. Post operative care consisted of intravenousantibiotics, fluids intra muscular anti-inflammatory and anti-histamine drugs for seven days.The buffalo hadan uneventful recovery.