Volume 15, Issue 1: 2025 - Article 188

Abstract
Dystocia is one of the many factors leading to perinatal mortality of the dam and the neonate. Prompt and accurate diagnosis of dystocia and the use of appropriate corrective measures can ensure the survival of the dam and neonate. A delay or failure to apply appropriate corrective measures could lead to the death of the dam and/or neonate. A four-year old pregnant doe (goat) at full gestation was presented to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria, with a history of prolonged second stage of parturition for over 24 hours since its initiation. On clinical examination, only the right forelimb of the foetus was presented through the vulva, and there was no pedal reflex from the foetus on the presenting limb. A caesarean section was done, and a macerated foetus was recovered from the uterus. The next day, the dam died. Post-mortem examination on the dam showed degenerating caruncles in the uterus, clotted blood in the ventricles of the heart, as well as distended reticulum and gall bladder. The cause of death of the dam could have been exhaustion during the second stage of parturition, which was probably complicated by toxaemia arising from foetal death and maceration.


Keywords: Dystocia; Foetal postural defect; Sahel doe; Goat.

How to cite this article:
Peter ID, Waziri MA, Badau SJ and Abba MA (2025). Fatal case of dystocia due to foetal postural defect in a four-year old Sahel doe. Journal of Veterinary and Applied Sciences, 15(1): 1035 – 1041.

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Fatal case of dystocia due to foetal postural defect in a four-year old Sahel doe
Innocent D. Peter ^{1, 2} *, Mohammed A. Waziri ¹, Samaila J. Badau ³ and Mutah A. Abba <sup>4

1</sup> Department of Theriogenology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria.
² Postgraduate College of Veterinary Surgeons, Nigeria.
³ Department of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria.
⁴ Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria.

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