CLINICAL USE OF POLYETHYLENE POLYMER IN BOVINE OBSTETRICS

Abstract

Dystocia cases are treated as emergency and a careful examination is essential to establish the correct diagnosis and obstetrical manoeuvres to deliver the fetus pervaginum. In many cases examination is difficult, especially in a protracted dystocia, with swollen and dry mucous membranes of birth passage, live/ dead fetus, and a tightly contracted uterus making it impossible to carry out any obstetrical manoeuvers (Roberts, 1971 ). The present paper deals with the Clinical use of a commercial lubricant Polyethylene Polymer (J-lube) Product of Jorgensen Laboratories, Loveland, Colorado, USA in the management of dystocias in bovines.