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 (