Dystocia and Cesarean Section in a Lioness (Panthera leo)

Darestani Farahani, Mostafa; Abarkar, Mohamad; Farhoodi Moghadam, Mehran; Masoudi Zanjani, Siamak; Marashi, Mahmoud

doi:10.30500/ivsa.2023.398008.1350

Dystocia and Cesarean Section in a Lioness (Panthera leo)

Document Type : Clinical Report

Authors

Mostafa Darestani Farahani ¹

Mohamad Abarkar ¹

Mehran Farhoodi Moghadam ¹

Siamak Masoudi Zanjani ²

Mahmoud Marashi ²

¹ Department of Clinical Sciences, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran.

² Wildlife Diseases Group, Department of Environment, Tehran, Iran.

10.30500/ivsa.2023.398008.1350

Abstract

A four-year-old pregnant African lioness with dystocia was referred to the university teaching hospital. History-taking revealed the parturition had started four hours ago, but the cubs couldn't come out due to incomplete dilation of the cervix. This article describes the procedures before, during, and after the surgical operation, including the anesthesia protocol performed and performing a Cesarean section through the midline celiotomy to remove a dead and two live cubs from the uterus and successfully heal the dam without any complications. This surgery was performed about three years ago. After the operation to date, the lioness is in perfect health and she gave birth to 2 and 3 healthy cubs, respectively in two of her last parturition with no need for any help.

Keywords

C-section

Cub

Dystocia

Lioness

Parturition

Subjects

Wildlife Surgery

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