Background: Hydrallantois is the excessive accumulation of fluid within the allantoic cavity in pregnant animals and is associated with fetal mortality. Although the incidence of hydrallantois is very low in artificial insemination breeding programs in cattle, recently 38 cows with the phenotypic...

A case of hydroallantois in a non-descript cow and its successful therapeutic management has been reported.

Uterine torsion and vaginal prolapse are accidents of gestation; this paper first reviews the predisposition, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of uterine torsion, and the predisposition, pathogenesis, symptoms, treatment, and prognosis of vaginal prolapse during late gestation in the cow. Other...

A four-year-old Ayrshire cow with hydrallantois was treated with cloprostenol at approximately six months of gestation. The pregnancy was successfully terminated with no post-parturient complications apart from retention of the placenta. Subsequent insemination resulted in the birth of a normal,...

Parturition was induced in 36 cows and 22 heifers by i/m injection with 20 ml dexamethasone (10 animals) or 20 ml Cortexillar [flumetasone] (48 animals) between days 270 and 296 of pregnancy. 55 animals calved within 72 hours after the first injection (i.e. within 24 hours after second injection)...

There exist over 200 distinct breeds of sheep Ovis aries. The breeds differ in their physical characteristics. Female sheep tend to be smaller than...

Males weigh between 45 and 55 kilos and females weigh between 25 and 35 kilos. Colouration is highly variable from mostly black, to various shades...

Most cattle and buffalo management systems, whether intensive or extensive, rely on efficient reproduction. If reproduction is not successful, milk...