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Case Report: Spontaneous Fetal Demises at Third Trimester of Pregnancy Due to a Double Lopped Nuchal Cord in Camelus dromedarius
The umbilical cord acts as the critical lifeline of the developing fetus by providing nutrients and oxygen to it. Umbilical cord abnormalities are considered the leading cause of stillbirth in humans, but information on stillbirths associated with umbilical cord abnormalities is very scant in the cl...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9171031/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35685340 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.872383 |
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author | Son, Young-Bum Hossein, Mohammad Shamim Yu, Xianfeng Jeong, Yeon Ik Olsson, P. Olof Hwang, Woo Suk |
author_facet | Son, Young-Bum Hossein, Mohammad Shamim Yu, Xianfeng Jeong, Yeon Ik Olsson, P. Olof Hwang, Woo Suk |
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description | The umbilical cord acts as the critical lifeline of the developing fetus by providing nutrients and oxygen to it. Umbilical cord abnormalities are considered the leading cause of stillbirth in humans, but information on stillbirths associated with umbilical cord abnormalities is very scant in the clinical practice of animals. Here, we described a case of fetal demise in camels indicated to be caused by fetal death from strangulation by its umbilical cord, which is commonly known as the nuchal cord. A pregnant camel at its 36 weeks of gestation spontaneously aborted a single fetus. The camel was 5 years old and nullipara. A 6-day-old cloned embryo was transferred transcervically to the recipient. Pregnancy was confirmed 50 days after embryo transfer by ultrasonography, and the pregnant camel was maintained under a standard nutritional plan. The neck of the aborted fetus was strangulated tightly by a double loop of the umbilical cord. There was no congenital anomaly or other malformation in the fetus. We concluded that the nuchal cord was tightly coiled around the neck of the fetus and interfered with the blood flow in the fetus by collapsing the umbilical vein and subsequently causing fetal death and abortion. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first reported case of a nuchal cord in camels. |
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spelling | pubmed-91710312022-06-08 Case Report: Spontaneous Fetal Demises at Third Trimester of Pregnancy Due to a Double Lopped Nuchal Cord in Camelus dromedarius Son, Young-Bum Hossein, Mohammad Shamim Yu, Xianfeng Jeong, Yeon Ik Olsson, P. Olof Hwang, Woo Suk Front Vet Sci Veterinary Science The umbilical cord acts as the critical lifeline of the developing fetus by providing nutrients and oxygen to it. Umbilical cord abnormalities are considered the leading cause of stillbirth in humans, but information on stillbirths associated with umbilical cord abnormalities is very scant in the clinical practice of animals. Here, we described a case of fetal demise in camels indicated to be caused by fetal death from strangulation by its umbilical cord, which is commonly known as the nuchal cord. A pregnant camel at its 36 weeks of gestation spontaneously aborted a single fetus. The camel was 5 years old and nullipara. A 6-day-old cloned embryo was transferred transcervically to the recipient. Pregnancy was confirmed 50 days after embryo transfer by ultrasonography, and the pregnant camel was maintained under a standard nutritional plan. The neck of the aborted fetus was strangulated tightly by a double loop of the umbilical cord. There was no congenital anomaly or other malformation in the fetus. We concluded that the nuchal cord was tightly coiled around the neck of the fetus and interfered with the blood flow in the fetus by collapsing the umbilical vein and subsequently causing fetal death and abortion. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first reported case of a nuchal cord in camels. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-05-24 /pmc/articles/PMC9171031/ /pubmed/35685340 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.872383 Text en Copyright © 2022 Son, Hossein, Yu, Jeong, Olsson and Hwang. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Veterinary Science Son, Young-Bum Hossein, Mohammad Shamim Yu, Xianfeng Jeong, Yeon Ik Olsson, P. Olof Hwang, Woo Suk Case Report: Spontaneous Fetal Demises at Third Trimester of Pregnancy Due to a Double Lopped Nuchal Cord in Camelus dromedarius |
title | Case Report: Spontaneous Fetal Demises at Third Trimester of Pregnancy Due to a Double Lopped Nuchal Cord in Camelus dromedarius |
title_full | Case Report: Spontaneous Fetal Demises at Third Trimester of Pregnancy Due to a Double Lopped Nuchal Cord in Camelus dromedarius |
title_fullStr | Case Report: Spontaneous Fetal Demises at Third Trimester of Pregnancy Due to a Double Lopped Nuchal Cord in Camelus dromedarius |
title_full_unstemmed | Case Report: Spontaneous Fetal Demises at Third Trimester of Pregnancy Due to a Double Lopped Nuchal Cord in Camelus dromedarius |
title_short | Case Report: Spontaneous Fetal Demises at Third Trimester of Pregnancy Due to a Double Lopped Nuchal Cord in Camelus dromedarius |
title_sort | case report: spontaneous fetal demises at third trimester of pregnancy due to a double lopped nuchal cord in camelus dromedarius |
topic | Veterinary Science |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9171031/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35685340 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.872383 |
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