Retained fetus in the sow

Meredith, M.J.

Veterinary Record 103(3): 53-54

1978


ISSN/ISBN: 0042-4900
PMID: 567875
Document Number: 127132
A Welsh gilt which had successfully farrowed six live piglets failed to become pregnant again, although the cervix and uterine arteries appeared normal on examination. A laparotomy performed 108 days after parturition revealed a partial duplication of the right uterine horn with a macerated fetus of full-term size in the ovarian extremity. Difficulties in diagnosis of a retained fetus, and its causes are discussed.

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