Bovine uterine torsion: 164 hospital referral cases

A Retrospective Study on Type and Extent of Uterine Torsion in Buffaloes

“…These results were similar to that obtained by other authors (Pearson, 1971;Sloss and Dufty, 1980;Roberts, 1986;Arthur et al, 1989;Sharma et al, 1995;Frazer et al, 1996;Kolla et al, 1999;Aubry et al, 2008) cases were postcervical. The probable reason for this could be because the anterior vagina is weakest point of the bovine genital tract or due to the absence of the muscles in the cervical area of broad ligaments (Singh, 1991b).…”

“…But Purohit et al (2011a) reported the incidence of precervical uterine torsion as 83.6% in buffaloes. Frazer et al (1996) reported that precervical torsion was more likely to occur during the last trimester.…”

“…Proportion of above 360° torsion (20%) was less than others which was also seen in the studies of Pearson (1971), Sloss and Dufty (1980), Manning (2008). et al (1982, Ruegg (1988), Frazer et al (1996), Noakes et al (2001) and Aubry et al (2008).…”

Blood lactate concentration as diagnostic predictors of uterine necrosis and its outcome in dairy cows with uterine torsion

“…In dairy cows, uterine torsion accounts for approximately 20% of dystocia cases that attended veterinary services [3, 14, 19, 20]. The duration and severity of uterine torsion and the extent of circulation insufficiency in the uterine tissue affect the prognosis [2, 12, 14, 17, 23].…”

“…The duration and severity of uterine torsion and the extent of circulation insufficiency in the uterine tissue affect the prognosis [2, 12, 14, 17, 23]. In severe cases, circulation insufficiency results in edemas of the broad ligament of the uterus, bleeding, bloody ascites, thromboses of uterine vessels and uterine necrosis [14, 19,20,21]. Also, prognosis is poor when torsion is accompanied by a large uterine rupture, bleeding and necrosis [7, 12, 14].…”