Abstract
A number of 30 buffaloes with uterine torsion were described in a period of 2010 to 2011 in our clinic in Basrah Province Alnashwa. All animals were treated first by rolling but only four cases responded and were corrected by this method, 86.67% of cases were corrected by caesarian section (CS). We found that the right uterine torsion was more incidence 73.33% than left uterine torsion, from the result, we found 4 cases of uterine torsion with malprsentation. The fetus survivability after caesarian section was only 46.51%. The study concluded that caesarian operation in early diagnosed uterine torsion in buffaloes is the best method for saving the fetal and maternal life in case of rolling failure. Key words: Buffaloes, Basrah Province, uterine torsion.
Highlights
The uterine torsion is one of the most important causes of dystocia which occur in most cases in the last 60 day of gestation
Uterine torsion can be diagnosed by rectal or vaginal palpation; with clinical signs of abdominal pain, the animal was uncomfortable, arching of the back, straining, and some time kicking of the abdomen, the valve and vaginal lumen were dry and did not contain mucus. This result was in agreement with Beardon and Fuquay (1997) who reported the same clinical signs associated with uterine torsion
We found that the right side uterine torsion was of more than 100 degree incidence (73.33%) than the lift side uterine torsion
Summary
The uterine torsion is one of the most important causes of dystocia which occur in most cases in the last 60 day of gestation. The advantages of caesarian operation in uterine torsion are to save maternal and fetal life and maintainace of fertility (Vermunt, 2008). The operation should be performed immediately in the failure of expulsion of fetus few hours after the signs of first stage of labor begin (Krishnakumar et al, 2008)
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