Per vaginal delivery of Syncephalus thoracopagus Tetrabrachius tetrapus conjoined twins in a Surti buffalo

Authors

  • Mitesh Gaur College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Udaipur, India
  • Satish - College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Udaipur, India
  • Dinesh Jhamb College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Udaipur, India
  • Hemant Joshi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Udaipur, India
  • Vikash Kumar College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Udaipur, India
  • Govind Narayan Purohit College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Rajasthan, India

Keywords:

Bubalus bubalis, buffaloes, Surti buffalo, syncephalus, thoracopagus, dystocia, pervaginal delivery

Abstract

A rare case of dystocia in a Surti buffalo due to syncephalus thoracopagus tetrabrachius tetrapus cryptorchid conjoined male twin which was delivered per vaginum by traction is reported

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Satish -, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Udaipur, India

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2021-06-25

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Gaur, M., -, S., Jhamb, D., Joshi, H., Kumar, V., & Purohit, G. N. (2021). Per vaginal delivery of Syncephalus thoracopagus Tetrabrachius tetrapus conjoined twins in a Surti buffalo. Buffalo Bulletin, 40(2), 383–388. Retrieved from https://kuojs.lib.ku.ac.th/index.php/BufBu/article/view/1674

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