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A Holstein Friesian cow in its third parity was presented with complaints of severe straining and complete anorexia since last 24 hours. The water bag had been ruptured 24 hours before albeit the term was of seven and half month. As evident from the history and symptoms, it was a case of dystocia associated with premature delivery. After delivery of one male fetus by manual traction, another fetus was delivered which was found to be a case of Amorphous globosus and had only insufficient digestive tract developed. The detailed handling of the case, obstetrical correction and post-delivery care and management is discussed.
Keywords: Amorphous globosus, Holstein Friesian, dystocia
The birth of an individual, after the culmination of gestation period, occurs in a normal physiological way when all the protagonist factors act in a synergistic way. However, due to the certain oddities the normal parturition process hinders leading to dystocia which strikes the health of the animal during pre and post-partum period severely (Noakes et al., 2009), so it should be given instant veterinary assistance (Khatti et al., 2016). Drost (2007) enumerated some of these factors which come in the midway during event of parturition and congenital abnormalities are one of the factors among them. Congenital disorders involve both hereditarily caused defects as well as mal formations suffered during pregnancy but it do not occur frequently (Čítek et al., 2009 and Jena et al., 2016). Amorphous globosus is an imperfect zygote in condition of dizygotic twins and it has parasitic interaction with placenta of normal twin and never observed in single birth (Roberts 1971; Caroline 1976). The bovine Amorphous globosus usually appears as a round or oval, edematous structure, composed mainly of stomach and intestinal tissues. These intestinal parts are enclosed in its own amnion (Roberts, 1971). According to Noakes et al. (2009) they are formed from connective tissues surrounded by skin and may be of different sex to that of normal twin. However, as there...