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Aug 29, 2011 News
An Enterprise, East Coast Demerara cattle farmer got the shock of his life when his heifer delivered a two headed calf yesterday.
Many residents from the Enterprise and surrounding communities flocked the home of cattle farmer Rajesh Totaram to get a glimpse of the strange calf which unfortunately was born dead.
Totaram’s heifer had been experiencing some discomfort in making the delivery normally and had to be assisted by veterinarians from the Guyana Livestock Development Agency of the Ministry of Agriculture who performed a caesarian section to deliver the calf.
The farmer told this newspaper that when his heifer was about to give birth on Saturday night he was not worried since the animal was delivering her fifth calf.
He explained that at first the heifer was attempting a normal delivery but then things got complicated when it appeared as if the calf was stuck on its way out.
“When we see the foot come out, we try to assist but then it stop coming, and I call for a little help and we try. My friend, he push he hand inside and he say is two head it carry and we had to send for the vets,” Totaram told this newspaper.
Three veterinary officers from the GLDA turned up and after assessing the situation, they performed a C-Section and delivered the stillborn calf.
“I was surprised because this is the first time I saw something like this, you know,” said Totaram, who is the owner of six other bovines.
The mother of the calf was doing fine but it is still too early to determine if she will be able to bear another one after the complicated delivery.
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