Volume: 52 Issue: 3
Year: 2021, Page: 316-318, Doi: https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2021.52.3.316-318
Received: June 22, 2021 Accepted: July 12, 2021 Published: Dec. 15, 2021
Successful delivery of a conjoint monster, dicephalic sternophagus tetrabrachius tetrapus dicaudatus monster by caesarean section and partial fetotomy in a Murrah buffalo is reported.
Keywords: Dystocia, conjoint monster, sternophagus, bicephalic, tetrabrachius, tetrapus, dicaudatus, caesarean section.
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Dutt, R., Yadav, U., Jinagal, S. and Ravish, S. 2021. Surgical management of dystocia due to dicephalic sternophagus tetrabrachius tetrapus dicaudatus monster in a Murrah buffalo. J. Vet. Anim. Sci. 52(3): 316-318.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2021.52.3.316-318