VAGINAL DELIVERY OF A RARE MONSTER (SYNCEPHALO~ THORACOPAGUS QUADRIBRACHIUS QUADRIPUS) IN A BUFFALO

Authors

  • S P S GHUMAN Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics College of Veterinary Science Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana-141 004 (Punjab)
  • M HONPARKHE

Keywords:

Buffalo, Conjoined twin, Fetotomy, Syncephalus, Vaginal delivery

Abstract

Partial fetotomy was carried out for delivery of a fully developed syncephalo-thoracopagus quadribrachius
quadripus monster in a multiparous Murrah buffalo. The monster had twin bodies which were fused from head to
thorax. There was partial duplication of the face (four nostrils and two upper jaws separated by a single enlarged
lower jaw), one head, two eyes, four ears and eight limbs.

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Published

2023-01-14

Issue

Vol. 31 No. 2 (2010): Indian Journal of Animal Reporduction

Section

Research Article