Volume: 55 Issue: 1
Year: 2024, Page: 206-211, Doi: https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2024.55.1.206-211
Received: Oct. 13, 2023 Accepted: Dec. 18, 2023 Published: March 31, 2024
Uterine torsion is one of the serious obstetrical maladies encountered in domestic animals. It is defined as the rotation of the uterus along its longitudinal axis. A retrospective study of uterine torsion among goats presented to Teaching Veterinary Clinical Complex, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Pookode was done during the period from January 2021 to July 2023. The overall incidence of uterine torsion was 19.62 per cent (21/107) out of total obstetrical cases attended during this period with higher occurrence reported in animals within the age group of one to two years (7/21,33.3%) and in pluriparous animals (11/21,52.4%). Also, animals with unicornual pregnancy and carried single foetus in utero contributed a greater proportion (15/21, 71.4%) to the occurrence of uterine torsion. More prevalence of pre-cervical (11/21, 52.4%), right sided (12/21, 57.14%) and ≤ 180 degree (11/21, 52.4%) uterine torsion was observed in the present study
Keywords: Uterine torsion, goats, incidence
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Aravind, A., Promod, K., Chacko, L., Benjamin, E.D., Sooryadas, S. 2024. Retrospective study of clinical attributes related to uterine torsion in goats. J. Vet. Anim. Sci. 55(1):206-211
DOI: https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2024.55.1.206-211