Dystocia in a giraffe  Giraffa camelopardalis

V. de Vos; O. Bourquin

doi:10.4102/koedoe.v17i1.910

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Dystocia in a giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis

V. de Vos, O. Bourquin

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V. de Vos,
O. Bourquin,

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Abstract

Dystocia in a free-living giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis in the Willem Pretorius Nature Reserve is described. Posterior presentation and a unilateral engaged hock flexion posture caused a complete obstacle to parturition. Both parties, maternal and foetal, died as a result of the condition.

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