Twin fetal maceration in a cow associated with persistent corpus luteum and closed cervix

Authors

  • Nabil Hailat Department of Clinical Veterinary Medical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan
  • Shawkat Lafi Department of Clinical Veterinary Medical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan
  • Ayman Al-Sahli Department of Clinical Veterinary Medical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan
  • Ehab Abu-Basha Department of Clinical Veterinary Medical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan
  • Mahmound Fathalla Department of Clinical Veterinary Medical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol1996no30p83-84

Keywords:

case reports, cows, fetal death, twinning

Abstract

Fetal maceration in the cow that occurs after the third month of gestation, when fetal bones are fairly well developed, and that may be caused by wound infection type bacterial agents, especially Corynobacterium pyogenes, progressing to septic metritis with death and maceration of the fetus in a closed uterus, is uncommon. In other circumstances, fetal death with maceration in cattle is usually accompanied by regression of the corpus luteum (CL) with opened cervix.

In two previous surveys, in which we studied the gross lesions ofbovine reproductive tracts, we did not encounter any case of fetal maceration. This report provides macroscopic description of a case of twin fetal maceration in the cow associated with persistent corpus luteum and closed cervix.

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Published

1996-05-01

How to Cite

Hailat, N., Lafi, S., Al-Sahli, A., Abu-Basha, E., & Fathalla, M. (1996). Twin fetal maceration in a cow associated with persistent corpus luteum and closed cervix. The Bovine Practitioner, 1996(30), 83–84. https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol1996no30p83-84

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