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Baby Giraffe Rope-Pulled Out of Mother Suffering from Dystocia without Proper Restraint Device  

Yong, Hwan-Yul (Seoul Zoo)
Park, Suk-Hyun (Seoul Zoo)
Choi, Myoung-Keun (Seoul Zoo)
Jung, So-Young (Seoul Zoo)
Ku, Dae-Chang (Seoul Zoo)
Yoo, Jong-Tae (Seoul Zoo)
Yoo, Mi-Jin (Seoul Zoo)
Yoo, Mi-Hyun (Seoul Zoo)
Eo, Kyung-Yeon (Seoul Zoo)
Yeo, Yong-Gu (Seoul Zoo)
Kang, Shin-Keun (Seoul Zoo)
Kim, Heon-Youl (Seoul Zoo)
Publication Information
Journal of Veterinary Clinics / v.26, no.1, 2009 , pp. 113-116 More about this Journal
Abstract
A 4-year-old female reticulated giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata), at Seoul Zoo, Gwacheon, Korea had a male calf with no help of proper restraint devices. The mother giraffe was in a danger of dystocia more than 7 hours in labor after showing the calf's toe of the foreleg which protruded from her vulva. After tugging with a snare of rope on the metacarpal bone of the calf and pulling it, the other toe emerged. Finally, with two snares around each of metacarpal bones, the calf was completely pulled out by zoo staff. After parturition, the dam was in normal condition for taking care of the calf and her progesterone hormone had also dropped down to a normal pre-pregnancy.
Keywords
giraffe; dystocia; rope; parturition;
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