Year: 2024
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: Injuries to the birth canal may occur before, during, and after the calving process. Understanding these injuries is vital to preserving the health and well-being of the dam and the offspring as well as the dam's future fertility. Among prepartum injuries, a vaginal prolapse can occur with or without involvement of the cervix and is ascribed to many factors like hereditary, elevated estrogen (a relaxed pelvic diaphragm and vagina), severe straining, increased intra-abdominal pressure, mineral deficiency, extreme cold etc. Most ventral abdominal hernias and tears in the prepubic muscle happen in the last month of pregnancy, the weight of a gravid uterus and peripartum swelling of the ventrum are two main contributing factors. Perineal laceration, uterine rupture, and calving paralysis occur during parturition, whereas uterine prolapse, vaginal cystocele, etc. mainly occur after postpartum. A battery of approaches that are surgical, medicinal, and conservative can be used to manage different types of birth canal injuries. Prognosis depends upon the duration, severity, and promptness of treatment. The health and well-being of both the dam and the offspring as well as the dam's future fertility can be preserved using proper technique and speedy attendance to the case.
Source: Wiley eBooks
Language: English
Subfield: Animal Science and Zoology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4401632503