The Investigation of Ovarian and Uterine Lesions with the Pathological Methods in Cows Slaughtered in Abattoir

The aim of this study was to determine the pathological changes, rates, macroscopic and microscopic features of the ovary and uterine tissues of cows slaughtered in an abattoir in Erzurum. For this aim, the slaughtering processes of 224 cows were examined. After gross examinations, 41 samples were routinely processed for histopathologic examination. At the end of the study, pathologic lesions were determined at the ratio of 18.30 %. The ratios of ovary and uterine lesions were as 7.59 % and 12.50 %, respectively. Other lesions in the ovaries were as follows; atrophy (1.34 %), follicular cyst (3.57 %), luteinised cyst (0.89 %), cystic corpora lutea (1.34 %), epithelial cyst (0.89 %), pigmentation (0.45 %), granulomatous inflammation (0.89 %), other oophorities (0.45 %) and tumor-like structures (0.89 %). In the uterus, adenomyosis (0.89 %), atrophy (0.89 %), endometrial hyperplasia (2.23 %), squamous metaplasia of the endometrium (0.45 %), pigmentation (1.34 %), hydrometra (0.89 %), mucometra (1.34 %), pyometra (0.89 %), hematometra (0.45 %), catarrhal-purulent endometritis (3.13 %), chronic endometritis (1.34 %) and metritis (0.45 %) were determined. In conclusion, several lesions in the ovarian and uterine samples of cows slaughtered in an abattoir in Erzurum were detected at a total rate of 18.3 %. The most common pathological changes oserved in the uterus and ovaries were uterine inflammations and follicular cysts, respectively.