ARTIFICIAL INDUCTION OF LABOUR IN RUMINANTS BY MANUAL WID ENING OF THE CERVIX ARTIFICIAL INDUCTION OF LABOUR IN RUMINANTS BY MANUAL WID ENING OF THE CERVIX

Document Type : Research article

Author

Department of Surgery, Obstetrics, Gynaecology and A.I.

Abstract

Manual dilation of the os uteri was used suc cessfully as a simple technique und er epidu ral anaesthesia for induction of labour in 5 COWS, 5 buffalo-Cows and heifers, 4 goats and 2 ewes. It has been also used for widening the os uteri in 4 Fresian COWS 3 - 5 days af ter parturition.