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VETERINARY OBSTETRICS 



Anterior Presentations. 



VERTEERO-PUBIC. 



In this case the foetus is lying on its back, with 

 fore-feet up and backwards, and, if long neglected, this 

 presentation will most likely terminate in injury to the 

 roof of the vulva or vagina. If the 

 head and feet have both entered 

 the passage, cord the fetlocks, and 

 apply traction in a downward dir- 

 ection till the fore-feet are clear of 

 the vulva. As soon as the fore-feet 

 have escaped, elevate them, apply- 

 ing traction in an upward direction,, 

 until the withers have entered the 

 pelvic cavity. If the point of the 

 withers should catch at the brim of 

 the pelvis, pass in the hand, and 

 try, by leverage, to elevate it. It 

 sometimes happens, however, that 

 the foetus is firmly wedged in the 

 passage, caught at the withers, and. 

 no amount of traction can extricate 

 it. In this case the foetus must be 

 pushed back into the cavity, by 

 placing a repeller (fig. 21) against 

 the tissues, in front of the sternum ;, 

 and when it (the foetus) has entered 

 the cavity, this presentation can be 

 transformed into a normal one, whea 

 delivery can be easily affected. 



VERTEBRO-ILIAC. 



In this case the foetus is lying in 

 an oblique direction, the vertebral 

 Fig. 21. spines of the foetus being presented 



Jointed Repeller. to the Iliac shaft of the parent. If 



