Surgical removal of a mummified fetus via colpotomy

Authors

  • Richard Hopper Department of Pathobiology & Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39759
  • Douglas Hostetler Department of Pathobiology & Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39759
  • Jack Smith Department of Pathobiology & Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39759
  • David Christiansen Department of Pathobiology & Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39759

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol40no2p57-58

Keywords:

case reports, cattle breeds, clinical aspects, cows, fetal development disorders, mummification, surgery, surgical operations, vagina

Abstract

This article reports on the use of colpotomy on three cows (Jersey, Holstein, and Hereford) referred at a Animal Health Centre in Mississippi, USA, diagnosed with mummified fetus.

Cover image of Volume 40, No. 2 of the Bovine Practitioner: a photo of a Padelford riverboat taking a tour down the Mississippi river as it winds through Saint Paul, Minnesota

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Published

2006-06-01

How to Cite

Hopper, R., Hostetler, D., Smith, J., & Christiansen, D. (2006). Surgical removal of a mummified fetus via colpotomy. The Bovine Practitioner, 40(2), 57–58. https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol40no2p57-58

Issue

Vol. 40, No. 2 (2006 Summer)

Section

Articles