SUCCESSFUL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF DYSTOCIA IN TWO QUEENS

Dystocia refers to the difficulty in giving birth to the fetus by the dam.Two queens were presented at at Veterinary Clinical Complex, Nagpur Veterinary College, Nagpur, with the complaint of straining since one day.Gestation period was completed in both.The induction of parturition was done with the help of Calcium and Oxytocin injections intravenously.Both live and dead fetuses were expelled out from birth canal with the help of kittening forceps.Both queens were administered with Antibiotic injections along with Supportive therapy and recovered successfully.