Retrospective Analysis of Clinical Attributes Related to Uterine Torsion in Goats

Abstract

The retrospective analysis of clinical attributes and incidence of uterine torsion was worked out from the last ten year’s records, 2012-21, maintained at the Veterinary Clinical Complex of the institute. The overall incidence of uterine torsion was 14.17 %, with a higher occurrence in pluriparous (63.89%) compared to primiparous goats (36.11%). The majority of goats suffered from post-cervical torsion (77.78%) than that of pre-cervical torsion (22.22%), whereas the degree of torsion, <180 and >180 vis-a-vis direction of uterine rotation either to the right or left, distributed equally. Goat-carried single kids (97.22%) had significantly (P<0.01) higher incidences of uterine torsion than carried twins (2.78%). From the present study, it is concluded that uterine torsion prevailed in 14.17 % of goats to cause dystocia and was abundant post-cervical in a location with higher incidence associated with singleton pregnancies.