Post mortem report of a Kalahari red doe that died of complications of multifactorial dystocia
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2017
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Mushonga, Borden
Chiwome, Bernard
Kandiwa, Erick
Habarugira, Gervais
Samkange, Alaster
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A triparous Kalahari Red doe was presented for post-mortem with a sero-sanguinous vulvular discharge and abdominal distension. At necropsy, two foetuses, male and female, about 3.5 kg each were observed. The left lateral abdominal muscles of the doe presented with a tear that corresponded with another tear on the lateral aspect of the left horn of the uterus and showing a partial protrusion of the cranium of a male twin. The male twin was lodged in an incompletely dilated cervix in a caudal longitudinal presentation, dorso-sacral position, and bilateral hip flexion posture. The same twin also presented with a left lateral abdominal wall rupture and herniation of the
urinary bladder and intestines. The female twin was in the right uterine horn in a cranial longitudinal presentation,
dorso-sacral position, but with bilateral carpal flexure. In brief, the circulatory collapse due to a multifactorial dystocia was the final diagnosis.
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Doe, Dystocia, Kalahari red
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Mushonga, B., Chiwome, B., Habarungira, G., & Samkange, A. (2017). Post mortem report of a Kalahari red doe that died of complications of multifactorial dystocia. Indian Journal of Animal Reproduction, 39(1), 68-70.