Dystocia Management by Cesarean Section with Two Types of Anesthesia Techniques in Goat

Abstract

The present study was aimed to determinethe outcome of dystocia management by cesarean section with two types of local anesthesia techniques in goat at CVASU, Chittagong. Nine (𝑛 = 9)apparently weak goatsof twobreeds with an ageof 12-16 months, weighing average body weight 13 kg were considered as population in this study. Clinical history and physical examination revealed fetal positional and postural defect with severe weakness of dam and two damswere suffering from tetanus at the time of case presentation. After failure with manual extraction of the fetus, left lateral lower flank area was asceptically prepared for cesarean section. Among nine patients, four dams (44.4%) were anesthetized with distal paravertebral nerve block and five dams (55.55%) were anesthetized with field block. Heart rate, respiration rate, temperature, hemato-biochemical parameters were obtained before, during and after surgery. After successful cesarean section with oblique flank incision, total twelve (12) live and four (4) dead kids were extracted. In 66.66% cases, the uterine texture of dam changed into moderate to severely necrosed condition. All the patients except the dams with tetanus were recovered successfully after 7 to 10 days of surgery. The most common complicationsafter surgery was myiasis(n=2) and stitch abscess (n=1) that delayed healing in three cases. Moreover, among 9 cases, better anesthesia and analgesia during surgery was found with distal paravertebral nerve block (75%) compared to field block (20%). So, cesarean section with distal paravertebral nerve block can be used for cesarean section of goats in field condition of ruminants.