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2007
Volume 10
Issue 4
Topic:
Veterinary Medicine
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Mordak R. , Kubiak K. , Jankowski M. , Nicpoń J. 2007. HYSTEROSCOPY IN COWS – PICTURE OF POSTPARTURIENT METRITIS, EJPAU 10(4), #32.
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume10/issue4/abs-32.html

HYSTEROSCOPY IN COWS – PICTURE OF POSTPARTURIENT METRITIS

Ryszard Mordak, Krzysztof Kubiak, Marcin Jankowski, Józef Nicpoń
Department of Internal Medicine, Wroc³aw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland

 

ABSTRACT



The use of a flexible fibrescope for hysteroscopic examinations in cows which manifested clinical signs of postpartum metritis after retention the placenta, during early uterine involution period, was the aim of the paper. Seven Holstein – Friesian cows after pathological delivery were examined by the use hysteroscopy. In these cows retention of fetal membranes were observed. The fetal membranes retentions were manually resolved with antibiotic intrauterine protection. In a week after the manual removal of fetal membranes (9-10 days post calving) a clinical controls of uterus in cows were performed. The hysteroscopy was included to these clinical examinations. The fiberoscope Olimpus GIF XQ-20 with a working length of 1000 mm and outside diameter of 9.8 mm was used. This paper shows eight, selected, the most characteristic hysteroscopic pictures of uterus in cows with metritis which were done during clinical examinations (after fetal membranes retention). The pictures were done chronologically through vulvar cleft, next cervical canal, body of uterus, septum uteri up to their horns. Hysteroscopy is very useful method of detection abnormalities in details of the uterus postpartum and it was well tolerated by cows. All of them became pregnant with quite good parameters of reproduction.

Key words: cows, hysteroscopy.


Ryszard Mordak
Department of Internal Medicine,
Wroc³aw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
pl. Grunwaldzki 47, 50-366 Wroc³aw, Poland
email: rymo@poczta.wp.pl

Krzysztof Kubiak
Department of Internal Medicine,
Wroc³aw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
Pl. Grunwaldzki 47, 50-336 Wroc³aw, Poland

Marcin Jankowski
Department of Internal Medicine,
Wroc³aw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
Pl. Grunwaldzki 47, 50-336 Wroc³aw, Poland

Józef Nicpoń
Department of Internal Medicine,
Wroc³aw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
pl. Grunwaldzki 47, 50-366 Wroc³aw, Poland

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