Pathological studies of female reproductive tract in goats

Abstract

A total of 660 samples of female reproductive tract were collected and examined, from various abattoirs of Bareilly and Agra city of Uttar Pradesh, Palwal town of Haryana state and Delhi, India and from post-mortem house at Central Institute for Research on Goats, Makhdoom, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. Of these, 154 (23.33%) tracts revealed gross and microscopic pathological lesions including ovary (40), fallopian tube (8), uterus (82), cervix (17) and vagina (7). The highest affected organ was uterus followed by ovary, cervix, fallopian tubes and vagina. Endometritis was the major pathological condition observed in 37 cases of affected uteri. Based on microscopic examination, endometritis was categorised into acute endometritis, non-purulent chronic endometritis, purulent chronic endometritis and chronic granulomatous endometritis. Ovary was the second most affected organ after uterus, with pathological conditions like ovarian cysts, including par ovarian cysts, polycystic ovary, follicular cysts and luteal cysts, and ovarian tumour were encountered. Other portions of genitalia revealed hydrosalpinx, hydrometra, cervicitis, vaginitis and congenital anomalies like uterus unicornis, double cervix and duplex vagina. The pathological lesions could result into infertility or sterility of the goats leading to economic losses to the farmers.