The veterinary obstetrical compendium : for the farmer and breeder of livestock . Fig. 30. ANTERIOR PRESENTATION: LATERAL DEVIATION OFTHE HEAD TOWARDS THE SHOULDER (CALF). the womb, and torsion of the womb may also cause it. Insome instances there can scarcely be any doubt that thedeviation has taken place some time before gestation iscompleted, as in many Foals at birth the neck cannot bestraightened, and the head is distorted. On examination it is not difficult, as a rule, to distin-guish lateral deviation. Usually both fore-feet are in thegenital canal, but birth does not progress. An impor
The veterinary obstetrical compendium : for the farmer and breeder of livestock . Fig. 30. ANTERIOR PRESENTATION: LATERAL DEVIATION OFTHE HEAD TOWARDS THE SHOULDER (CALF). the womb, and torsion of the womb may also cause it. Insome instances there can scarcely be any doubt that thedeviation has taken place some time before gestation iscompleted, as in many Foals at birth the neck cannot bestraightened, and the head is distorted. On examination it is not difficult, as a rule, to distin-guish lateral deviation. Usually both fore-feet are in thegenital canal, but birth does not progress. An important Obstetrics—Domesticated Animals. 1«5 fact to remember is that one limb—that belonging to theside to which the head is bent—seems to be shorter, or lessadvanced, than the other. The hand on being passed be-yond these toward the inlet, comes in contact with a con-vex mass, which renders access to the cavity of the wombdifficult. Patient exploration discovers this mass to be thebent neck; and if it is a Calf, owing to the shortness of the. Fig. 31. ANTERIOR PRESENTATION: LATERAL DEVIATION OFTHE HEAD TOWARDS THE ABDOMEN (CALF). neck, the head is soon found, and recognized by the ears,eyes, and often the muffle turned toMard the the foal the neck being longer, makes it much moredifficult to reach the head. This difficulty is greatly in-creased if the abdomen of the mother is very pendulous. TREATMENT.—If the head can be felt by the hand,catch hold of the cheeks, by slipping the fingers into themouth, and raise the head into position. If it cannot be 166 Obstetrics—Domesticated Animate. brought into position in this way, then slip a well greasedrunning noose (Fig. 42) around the lower jaw, secure thefore-limbs with ropes and push the foetus back into thewomb. Then have an assistant pull on the rope which isattached to the jaw, while the operator pushes inward onthe neck just at the bend. Bring the head into the vaginalpassage, draw up the feet and comple
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