Year: 2013 | Month: April | volume 3 | Issue 1
Fetotomy a resolution to dystocia in a mare — A case report
Abstract: <div>Dystocia in mare is perhaps one of the most challenging conditions faced by</div><div>equine practitioners. Malposture of long foetal extremities is a major cause of</div><div>dystocia in mare (Frazer, 2001). Incidence of dystocia was 4% in thoroughbred mares; percentage of anterior, posterior and transversepresentations was 99, 0.9 and 0.1, respectively. Procedure of Fetotomy is not easy as in cow due to longer equine birth canal impediment poses by rapidly detaching foetal membranes (Fraser, 1997). Incidence of dystocia in mare has been much less documented than cattle.</div>
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