Dystocia Due to Schistosomus Reflexus in a Jersey Crossbred Heifer Delivered by Caesarean Section

Authors

  • Mani Periyannan Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal – 637 002, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai, India
  • Mani Selvaraju Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal – 637 002, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai, India
  • Duraisamy Gopikrishnan Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal – 637 002, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai, India
  • Krishnamurthy Senthilkumar Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal – 637 002, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai, India
  • Venkatraman Varudharajan Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal – 637 002, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai, India
  • Kaliannan Ravikumar Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal – 637 002, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai, India

Abstract

Schistosomus reflexus is a fatal congenital disability and has some peculiar anatomical features such as spinal inversion, exposure of abdominal viscera through the ventral abdominal fissure, limb ankylosis, abnormal positioning of limbs adjacent to the skull, and hypoplasia of thoracic organs and diaphragm (Windsor, 2019). It is a common fetal congenital disorder in ruminants (Selvaraju et al., 2010), but occurrences were rare in heifers (Varudharajan et al., 2019). The present report explains the successful management of
dystocia due to Schistosomus reflexus in a Jersey crossbred heifer by Caesarean section.

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Published

2021-08-11

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 3 (2021): The Indian Journal of Veterinary Sciences and Biotechnology (IJVSBT) (July- Sep) 2021

Section

Case Report

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How to Cite

Periyannan, M., Selvaraju, M., Gopikrishnan, D., Senthilkumar, .K., Varudharajan, V., & Ravikumar , K. (2021). Dystocia Due to Schistosomus Reflexus in a Jersey Crossbred Heifer Delivered by Caesarean Section . Indian Journal of Veterinary Sciences and Biotechnology, 17(3), 105–107. Retrieved from https://acspublisher.com/journals/index.php/ijvsbt/article/view/2311