VAGINAL DELIVERY OF A RARE MONSTER (SYNCEPHALO~ THORACOPAGUS QUADRIBRACHIUS QUADRIPUS) IN A BUFFALO
Keywords:
Buffalo, Conjoined twin, Fetotomy, Syncephalus, Vaginal deliveryAbstract
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.