Open AccessDystocia in a giraffe <i>Giraffa camelopardalis</i>
Author(s) -
V. de Vos,
O. Bourquin
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
koedoe
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.419
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 2071-0771
pISSN - 0075-6458
DOI - 10.4102/koedoe.v17i1.910
Subject(s) - hock , anatomy , biology
Dystocia in a free-living giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis in the Willem Pretorius Nature Reserve is described. Posterior presentation and a unilateral engaged hock flexion posture caused a complete obstacle to parturition. Both parties, maternal and foetal, died as a result of the condition.