SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT OF MUMMIFIED FOETUS IN A CROSS BRED HOLSTEIN FRIESIAN HEIFER A CASE REPORT
Keywords:
Corpus luteum, Crossbred heifer, Holstein Friesian, Mummified foetus, Prolonged gestation periodAbstract
A Holstein Friesian crossbred heifer of around 2.5 years and around 400kg in body weight presented with complaint of not showing any signs of parturition even after completion of full term of pregnancy rather prolonged gestation period, (around 330 days) from the date of artificial insemination. Pregnancy was confirmed at around 90 days after insemination. Physiological parameters of heifer were found within normal range like temperature, heart rate, pulse rate and respiration rate. Body weight and posture were found normal. There was history of accidental fall of heifer while running in owner’s crop field, at around 5 months of pregnancy. Though there is no evidence of injury and sickness reported throughout the extended gestation period. Heifer neither showing signs of calving nor of estrous cycle. The animal was examined per rectally and the observation were; 1) presence of immobile, compact and firm mass without placental fluid or placentomes, in the birth canal, 2) presence of corpus luteum and no fremitus. While Per vaginal examination revealed, absence of any kind of discharges with completely closed cervix. On the basis of clinical examinations and observations, heifer was diagnosed to be having mummified foetus and was treated successfully with hormonal treatment.
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