Dystocia Due to Schistosomus reflexus in a Goat - A Case Report

Successful Management of Dystocia in Sheep Due to Fetal Causes: Two Different Rare Cases

“…Schistosomus Reflexus is generally reported in cattle (Noakes et al, 2008), but it is rarely observed in sheep (Suthar et al, 2011;Dar et al, 2015) and goats (Kumar et al, 2016;Nain et al, 2019). It is a fatal congenital anomaly, characterized by the incomplete fusion of the abdominal wall results exposure of abdominal and sometimes thoracic viscera, marked ventral curvature of the spine, limb ankylosis, positioning of the limbs adjacent to the skull and, lung and diaphragm hypoplasia (Laughton et al, 2005).…”