Open AccessThe occurrence of schistosomus reflexus in bovine dystocia.
Author(s) -
K. Kipouridis,
A. Karagiannidis
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of the hellenic veterinary medical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.186
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 2585-3724
pISSN - 1792-2720
DOI - 10.12681/jhvms.15455
Subject(s) - caesarean section , etiology , medicine , incidence (geometry) , gynecology , obstetrics , fetus , pregnancy , biology , pathology , mathematics , genetics , geometry
The literature concerning incidence and etiology of schistosomusreflexus in domestic animals is reviewed and an interestingcase of dystocia in a twin pregnancy (with a normal and aschistosomus reflexus fetus) is described. Examination of thereproductive records in 210 dairy cow units of Pentalofosregion with 10000 cows approximately during a 17-yearperiod (1982-1999) showed that in 2050 cases of bovinedystocia attended, only 1 (0.05%) was caused by schistosomusreflexus and treated by Caesarean section.