Clinical Investigation of Reproductive Cases in Cows and Buffaloes at Teaching Veterinary Hospitals in India

Abstract

Reproductive disease is a generic term that refers to all diseases which affect the organs of reproductive system in animals. It occurs in cattle buffalo, sheep, goat, horse etc. and causes heavy economic loss by reducing the reproductive activity of the animal along with calf mortality. The study was undertaken to know the proportionate prevalence of reproductive cases in cattle and buffalo in Veterinary College and Research Institute (VCRI), Namakkal and Madras Veterinary College (MVC), Tamilnadu, India .The duration of the study was 1.5 months and total 286 of different cases were registered during the study period. Both retrospective and prospective reproductive cases were included in this study. The proportionate prevalence of different reproductive cases were respectively 5.2% and 8.8% dystocia;4.6% and 5.3% respectively retained placenta;3.5% and 7.9% abortion respectively; 2.9% and 2.7% ovarian cyst respectively in VCRI and MVC. Reproductive cases were more frequently occurred in cross-breeds. Older animals (42.1-87.5) % with higher parity (31-87.5) %was susceptible to reproductive cases. Antibiotics and hormonal drugs were used for the treatment of reproductive cases. Most of the reproductive cases /dystocia were corrected manually where the complicated cases were performed by caesarean operation.