Authors : H. K. Kumbhar , M. U. Samo , R. Rind , I. Kaka and A. D. Channa
Abstract: Genitalia of one hundred Thari cows were collected from Mirpurkhas slaughter house, Mirpurkhas Sindh, Pakistan, for gross-pathological studies. Sixty five percent tracts of the sample collected were found abnormal having one or more abnormal having one or more abnormalities while 19 percent tracts normal without any visible abnormally. Sixteen percent animals were found pregnant at different stages of pregnancy. The most affected part of the tract was uterus (70.8%) followed by cervix (64.6%) oviduct (60.0%), ovaries (49.2%) and vagina (38.5%). The incidence of par-ovarian cysts was 15.4%, follicular cysts 10.8*, luteal cycsts 7.7%, bursistis 6.2%, ovarian hematoma 3%, ovarian hypoplasia 4.6%, ovario-bursal- adhesions 4.6% and ovarian stone 1.5%. The incidence of oviduct abnormalities were pyosalpinx 26.2%, salphingitis 233.1%, hydrosalpinx 10.8%, hydrometra and mucometra 12.3%, cysts on uterine wall 6.2%, black spots 6.2% and mechanical injuries 3%. The cervical abnormalities included kinked cervix 30.8%, prolapse of cervical rings 29.2%, cervicitis 27.7%, pus in cervix 18.5%, twisted cervix 15.4%, cysts on cervical wall 3% mechanical injuries 1.5% and abnormal discharges 10.8%. In vagina, vaginitis was 18.5%, valvo-gaginitis 10.89, vagino-cervical-parametritis 16.9% cysts in the floor of vagina 6.2%, mechanical injuries 4.6% and abnormal discharges 12.3% were recorded. The study revealed a high incidence of reproductive disorders, most of the reproductive problems were of minor nature that could have been treated and animal ssaved from slaughter.
H. K. Kumbhar , M. U. Samo , R. Rind , I. Kaka and A. D. Channa , 2003. Gross Pathological Studies on Female Reproductive Organs of Thari Cow (Bos indicus) . Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances, 2: 58-63.