INTAS POLIVET
Open Access
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue: 2

Management of Unilateral Uterine Torsion in a Bitch

  • Author:
  • J. Umamageswari, P. Sridevi, Mohamed Shafiuzama, M. Gokulakrishnan
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 259 to 260

Department of Clinics Madras Veterinary, College Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS), Chennai-600007 (Tamil Nadu)

*Corresponding author E-mail: drjumamageswari@gmail.com

Online published on 6 April, 2015.

Abstract

A 3 year-old Germen Shepherd bitch was presented with ataxia and brownish vaginal discharge. Abdominal ultrasound revealed presence of fetal skeleton with feeble heartbeat. Subsequent exploratory laparotomy revealed unilateral uterine torsion. Recovery foll owing ovario-hysterectomy was uneventful.

Keywords

Bitch, laparotomy, uterine torsion, vaginal discharge