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Veterinary Obstetrics 



Fig. 89. Dorsal Presentation. (Franck). 



Fig. 90. Ventral Presentation. (Franck). 



Positions of the Fetus. 



Position is the relation existing between an arbitrarily selected 

 part of the presenting portion of the fetal body and the circumfer- 

 ence of the pelvic girdle. A fixed point upon the fetal body, the 

 dorsum for the longitudinal presentation, and the head end for 

 the transverse presentation, is chosen as a basis. The pelvic inlet 



