Successful Clinical Management of Dystocia in A Goat - A Case Report

A one-year-old full term pregnant goat presented to the veterinary clinical complex, C. V. Sc, Korutla with a history of straining for 24 hours but unable to deliver the fetus. Clinical and Per-vaginal examination revealed dystocia due to downward deviation of the head and bilateral shoulder flexion of the fetus. The goat was treated with Inj. Epidosin-20 mg i/m and given epidural anesthesia with Inj. Lignocaine-2 ml at sacro-coccygeal space and the mal posture of the fetus was corrected by mutational operations and dystocia was relieved by manual traction. The goat was treated with Inj. Ceftriaxone- 500mg I/M, Inj. Meloxicam-2ml I/M, Inj. Chlorpheniramine maleate-2 ml I/M, Inj. Tribivet-1 ml I/M and the treatment was continued for next 5 days and animal recovered uneventfully.