Bovine mucometra/hydrometra
Keywords: adhesions, bovine, hydrometra, mucometraBilateral peri-uterine adhesions and fibrosis of the perimetrium/myometrium which appear to have caused distortion and mucometra.
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Dissection of the tract did not reveal a specific area of occlusion that would have resulted in this condition. It is possible that the inciting cause was fibrosis of the cervix itself.
Mucometra occurs in cattle as a result of adhesions or fibrosis (as seen here). It is also seen in cattle with segmental aplasia or in heifers with persistent hymens. Mucometra has also been linked to chronic cystic ovarian disease (COD) but is by no means, characteristic of that condition.
References:
Fathalla, M. et al 2000 An abbatoir survey of gross reproductive abnormalities in the bovine genital tract in northern Jordan. Israel. J. Vet. Med. 55. No page numbers. Available on-line.
Roberts, S. J.1986. Veterinary obstetrics and genital diseases (Theriogenology). Published by the author. ISBN-10: 9997670922. ISBN-13: 978-9997670922