Dystocia due to faulty disposition caused by a monocephalus diprosopus monauchenos monster fetus in a buffalo
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https://doi.org/10.56825/bufbu.2023.4223880Keywords:
Bubalus bubalis, buffaloes, congenital defects, diprosus, dystocia, monauchenos, Monocephalus, monstersAbstract
A 5 years old buffalo in her second lactation was presented with the history of complete gestation at village Bajuri situated in district Hamirpur of Himachal Pradesh, India. Per vaginal examination showed fetus in posterior longitudinal presentation with dorso-sacral position and bilateral hip flexion. Per vaginal traction of fetus was tried by mutations and was removed manually. Fetus was congenitally defected with the presence of two heads. It was a rare case of ‘monocephalus diprosopus monauchenos’ with two pairs of nostrils, four eyes (tetraophthalmus), two mouths, each with a tongue and two ears. The two faces were fused caudally by a single parietal bone. Both faces were joined ventrally by the medial rhami of the mandible.
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Hiraga, T. and S.M. Dennis. 1993. Congenital duplication, p. 145-161. In Dennis, S.M. (edn.) The Veterinary Clinics of North America, Food Animal Practice. Congenital Abnormalities. Saundewrs, Philadelphia, USA.
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Jones, T.C. and R.D. Hunt. 1983. Veterinary Pathology, 5th ed. Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia, USA. p. 115.
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Kumar, P., A. Sharma, M.M. Singh, P. Sood and P. Barman. 2014. Dystocia due to dicephalus monster fetus in a buffalo. Buffalo Bull., 33(1): 13-15. Available on: https://kukrdb.lib.ku.ac.th/journal/BuffaloBulletin/search_detail/result/286448
Morrow, D.A. 1986. Congenital Defects affecting Bovine Reproduction, in Current Therapy in Theriogenology, 2nd ed. WB Saunders Co., Philadelphia, USA. p. 177-199.
Noden, D.M. and A. Lahuta. 1985. The embryology of domestic animals: Developmental mechanisms and malformations. Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, USA. p. 109-152.
Phogat, J.B., N.S. Bugalia and S.L. Gupta. 1992. Incidence and treatment of various forms of dystocia in buffaloes. Indian Journal of Animal Reproduction, 13: 69-70.
Robert, S.J. 2004. Veterinary Obstetrics and Genital Diseases, 2nd ed. CBS Publishers and Distributors, Delhi, India. p. 73-74.
Salami, O.S., S.O. Okaiyeto, S. Danbirni, C. Ibe, L. Allam and A.C. Kudi. 2011. A case of diprosopus monauchenos in a day old calf (white Fulani X Friesian cross) in an integrated dairy farm. International Journal of Plant Production, 2(5): 55-58.
Sharma, A., S. Sharma and N.K. Vasistha. 2010. A diprosopus buffalo neonate: A case report. Buffalo Bull., 29(1): 62-64. Available on: https://kukrdb.lib.ku.ac.th/journal/BuffaloBulletin/search_detail/result/286261
Srivastava, S., A. Kumar, S.K. Maurya, A. Singh and V.K. Singh. 2008. A dicephalus monster in Murrah buffalo. Buffalo Bull., 27(3): 231-232. Available on: https://kukrdb.lib.ku.ac.th/journal/BuffaloBulletin/search_detail/result/286185
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2023-06-30
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Kumar, P., Sharma, V., Singh, M., Sharma, A., & Sharma, A. (2023). Dystocia due to faulty disposition caused by a monocephalus diprosopus monauchenos monster fetus in a buffalo. Buffalo Bulletin, 42(2), 199–202. https://doi.org/10.56825/bufbu.2023.4223880
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