A Retrospective Study On Incidence of Dystocia in Cattle and Buffaloes at Referral Center
A Retrospective Study On Incidence of Dystocia in Cattle and Buffaloes at Referral Center
A Retrospective Study On Incidence of Dystocia in Cattle and Buffaloes at Referral Center
Abstract
A retrospective study on the incidence of bovine dystocia between October, 2012
to September, 2013 was screened. A high incidence of maternal cause of dystocia
was found in both cows (78.89%) and buffaloes (80.33%). Maldisposition of fetus
was the commonest cause of fetal dystocia in both cows (16.67%) and buffaloes
(18.03%). Imperfect dilatation of cervix (50%) was the major cause of maternal
dystocia in cattle while uterine torsion (55.74%) in buffaloes. Other causes of
dystocia with low incidence include narrow pelvis, fetal emphysema and fetal
monster.
Keywords: Incidence, types of dystocia, cattle
et al., 1990) and buffaloes (Singla et al., 1990; Phogat et al., 1992; Singla and
Sharma, 1992). This report analyses the incidence of dystocia in 151 referral cases
presented to this referral centre.
Gregory, 2001; Garrousi, 2004). In a study by Purohit and Mehta (2006) there
were less frequent fetal dystocias in buffaloes. The incidence of monstrosities
reported for cow was 0.5% (Craig, 1930), whereas an incidence of 7.9% (Phogat
et al., 1992) to 12.8% (Singla and Sharma, 1992) has been reported for buffalo.
The total incidence of dystocia due to fetal maldispositions described for the
buffalo vary from 45.4% (Phogat et al., 1992) to 69.8% (Srinivas et al., 2007). In
dairy cattle, Wehrend et al. (2002) have observed that incorrect fetal orientation of
a dead fetus was the most frequent cause (38.9%) of dystocia and similar findings
were recorded by Holland et al. (Holland et al., 1993) in beef cows.
In conclusion, the maternal causes of dystocia are common in both cows and
buffaloes. Overall, incomplete dilation of cervix is common in cows while uterine
torsion is common in buffaloes.
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