Female caudal reproductive tract abnormalities

Abstract

Introduction The report by McCarthy and coworkers (McCarthy et al. 2021) in this issue describes a case of vaginal septum with pyometra in a 10‐week‐old Westphalian filly foal. This is an interesting case report which evokes thought about the developmental abnormalities of the caudal female reproductive and urogenital tracts and their pathophysiology. Such anomalies are rare, reflected by the limited number of cases reported in the literature involving mares/fillies with uterine, cervical, vaginal and hymenal abnormalities.

Double cervices in a Gypsy Vanner mare

“…Vaginal dystocia was common in these patients and often the reason for discovering the anomaly. 13,14 Although double cervices are different from vaginal septa, they both cause an obstruction of the egress from the uterus.…”