Dystocia in camelids: The causes and approaches of ...

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Department of Veterinary Gynecology and Obstetrics, College of Veterinary and Animal Science, Rajasthan University of ..... Veterinary Technician, 27, 8.
Vol.2, No.2, 99-105 (2012) doi:10.4236/ojas.2012.22013

Open Journal of Animal Sciences

Dystocia in camelids: The causes and approaches of management Govind Narayan Purohit Department of Veterinary Gynecology and Obstetrics, College of Veterinary and Animal Science, Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Science, Bikaner, India; [email protected] Received 9 August 2011; revised 18 September 2011; accepted 3 October 2011

ABSTRACT Dystocia in the camelids is rare, however the exceptionally long neck and the fetal extremities predispose to flexion of these as a common cause of dystocia. A prolonged (