maternal dystocia

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maternal dystocia

A difficult delivery caused by an abnormality in the mother.

dystocia [dis-to´she-ah]

abnormal labor or childbirth.

fetal dystocia that due to shape, size, or position of the fetus.

maternal dystocia that due to some condition inherent in the mother.

placental dystocia difficult delivery of the placenta.

dystocia

difficult parturition to the point of needing human intervention.

maternal dystocia

that due to some condition inherent in the dam.

placental dystocia

difficult delivery of the placenta.

dystocia rate

number of assisted births per hundred births.

dystocia risk

the incidence of dystocia is enhanced by many factors including inherited large fetal size, especially in some breeds, high feeding level of the dam during pregnancy, inherited small diameter pelvic canal, youth of the dam, male calves compared to females, the occurrence of multiple births and congenital abnormalities which increase fetal size.

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