The Indian Journal of Small Ruminants

Biometry of different parts of gravid genitalia of sheep can be useful to determine the status of pregnancy. On the basis of whole - embryo length, crown- anus length and gestation period, 52 gravid genitalia of sheep ranging from 14 to 140 days of gestation and collected from the slaughterhouse, were divided into 5 groups. As the gestation was advanced the mean vaginal and cervical lengths increased non-significantly. The average lengths from cervix to left and right utero-tubal junction, from cervix to inter-cornual ligament and lengths of body of uterus increased significantly as the pregnancy advanced. The respective average length, breadth and thickness of left and right ovaries increased non-significantly up to 120 days of gestation and later on decreased significantly.