VIJAYAWADA: In a rare incident at Pamarru village in Krishna district, a buffalo gave birth to a two-headed calf on Monday.
According to sources, Gopala Krishna, a dairy farmer in Yadavapuram village, took his pregnant buffalo to Pamarru veterinary clinic after it failed to deliver the calf even after completing the gestation period.
The doctor, after conducting a thorough examination, concluded it was a case of an ectopic pregnancy wherein the calf is in a wrong place. Subsequently, a team of doctors conducted a C-section on the buffalo and extracted the baby which had two heads and six legs. The calf died minutes after delivery.
The rare condition is termed polycephaly which occurs when an embryo begins to split into twins but stops before completing the process.
