Volume: 52 Issue: 2
Year: 2021, Page: 180-182, Doi: https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2021.52.2.180-182
Received: April 8, 2021 Accepted: May 1, 2021 Published: June 1, 2021
A rare case of dystocia due to external congenital hydrocephalic foetus with ankylosis of forelimbs managed by ventral midline surgical approach in a crossbred cow is reported.
Keywords: Dystocia, hydrocephalus, monster.
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Dangi, P., Ruhil, S., Singh, H., Samdhyan, A. and Potliya, S. 2021. Surgical management of congenital foetal hydrocephalus in a crossbred cow. J. Vet. Anim. Sci. 52(2): 180-182.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2021.52.2.180-182