A successful management of hydroamnions in full term local cattle and delivery of a live male calf with head monstrosity through obstetrical mutation and forced traction is reported.Hydramnios or hydrops of amnion is characterized by a gradual enlargement or filling of the amniotic cavity that is associated with a genetic or congenitally defective fetus. The condition is seen most commonly in cattle, occasionally in sheep and rarely in pigs and carnivores (Roberts, 2004, Noakes et al., 2009). Fetal abnormalities that causes this defect includes bulldog calves (Dexter cattle), brachygnathic calves, muscle contracture monsters, pituitary hypoplasia/aplasia, and hydrocephalic calves. The present communication reports a typical case of hydramnios accompanied by fetal monstrosity in a non descript cow.
展开▼
