Abstract

ESTRADA, D. M; MATHES, K  and  MARTINEZ, P. P. DYSTOCIA IN A YELLOW-STRIPED RATSNAKE (Coelognathus flavolineatus, SCHLEGEL 1837) - CASE REPORT. Rev. Med. Vet. Zoot. [online]. 2015, vol.62, n.3, pp.75-92. ISSN 0120-2952.  https://doi.org/10.15446/rfmvz.v62n3.54943.

Dystocia in reptiles is a disease characterized by the difficulty of carrying out the process of calving or oviposition, literature is scarce in regard to dystocia in snakes, therefore, there are unsolved questions with this issue. A case of a snake Coelognathus flavolineatus of 10 years of age that had difficulty in the oviposition is described. The blood, radiographic and ultrasound parameters were evaluated as well as bacterial culture and antibiogram, in order to identify the possible causes and complications that the dystocia process causes in the snake. In regard to the treatment of dystocia, an aspiration of the egg through the cloaca was carried out. Its content was pulled out, then we proceeded to remove the remains and swabs were taken of the mucosa of the reproductive tract. The selected samples were tested by cultivation, where Salmonella was isolated from the F-67 group and Escherichia coli, and to a smaller proportion of strains Morganella morganii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Flavobacterium and Proteus, attributed as infectious agents involved in the dystocia in the snake.

Keywords : Dystocia; oviposition; snake.

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