MANAGEMENT OF DYSTOCIA DUE TO DICEPHALUS FOETUS MONSTER IN BUFFALO (Bubalus bubalis)

Authors

  • Rajesh Kumar Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Sanjeev Kumar Verma Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Abhishek Kumar Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Kabir Alam Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Jayanta Das Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Uttar Pradesh, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56825/bufbu.2025.4445830

Keywords:

Bubalus bubalis, buffaloes, C section, dystocia, dicephalus fetus, Murrah buffalo, posterior presentation

Abstract

This case report documents a rare occurrence of fetus with double head in a buffalo and its management through C section.

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Author Biographies

Rajesh Kumar, Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Uttar Pradesh, India

Rajesh Kumar*
Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and obstetrics, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Uttar Pradesh, India
drrajesh25@gmail.com

Sanjeev Kumar Verma, Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Uttar Pradesh, India

Sanjeev Kumar Verma
Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and obstetrics, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Uttar Pradesh, India

Abhishek Kumar, Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Uttar Pradesh, India

Abhishek Kumar
Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and obstetrics, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Uttar Pradesh, India

Kabir Alam, Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Uttar Pradesh, India

Kabir Alam
Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and obstetrics, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Uttar Pradesh, India

Jayanta Das, Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Uttar Pradesh, India

Jayanta Das
Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and obstetrics, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Uttar Pradesh, India

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2025-12-30

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Kumar, R., Verma, S. K., Kumar, A., Alam, K., & Das, J. (2025). MANAGEMENT OF DYSTOCIA DUE TO DICEPHALUS FOETUS MONSTER IN BUFFALO (Bubalus bubalis). Buffalo Bulletin, 44(4), 389–393. https://doi.org/10.56825/bufbu.2025.4445830

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