Indian Journal of Veterinary Pathology
Open Access
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 40
  • Issue: 2

Pathomorphology of spontaneously occurring female genital tract lesions in buffaloes of North Gujarat

  • Author:
  • S.H. Raval1,, D.V. Joshi1, B.N. Suthar1, B.J. Patel1, J.G. Patel1, G.D. Desai1, P.T. Rathod1
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Published Online: Jun 1, 2016
  • Page Number: 162 to 164

1Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar, Gujarat, India

*Corresponding author: e-mail: samirraval81@gmail.com

Abstract

The objective of the present study was to determine the prevalence of female genital tract pathology in buffaloes of North Gujarat. A total of 179 buffalo genitalia collected from the slaughter house were screened for the presence of gross lesions. Out of 179, 57 (37.84%) genitalia were found grossly affected. The lesions observed were paraovarian cyst, 18 (10.06%) followed by bilateral inactive ovaries, 14 (7.82%), uterine serosal inclusion cyst, 6 (3.35%), aneurysms, 6 (3.35%), unilateral ovarian atrophy, 5 (2.79%), unilateral follicular cyst, 4 (2.23%) and one each of unilateral cystic corpus luteum, hematoma in paraovarian tissues, unilateral hydrosalpinx and mucometra.

Keywords

Aneurism, Buffaloes, Female genital tract, Paraovarian cyst