Abstract :
Incidence of chronic prolapse or eversion of vagina in ruminants is considered to be due to weakness of uterine ligaments and vaginal tissue relaxation particularly in pluripara animals and excessive deposition of perivaginal fat of hereditary predisposition (Noordsy, 1994). Chronic prolapse of vagina is often accompanied by tenismus resulting from cervicitis, vaginitis, abscess of the Bartholin glands and traumatic wounds in the exposed part. Chronic prolapse of vagina is often corrected by suture techniques like lacing closure of vulva, purse string closure, mattress closure, closure by Caslickʹs vulvoplasty (Oehme and Prier, 1974 and Amaresh Kumar, 2005). Buhners perivaginal suture technique, cervical fixation technique (Winkler, 1966) and Modified Minchev method of fixation of perivaginal tissue (Noordsy, 1994.) have been used as conventional internal fixation procedures .In western countries cases having chronic vaginal prolapse are generally sent for slaughter. Record on amputation of uterus in ruminant is scanty (Gibbons, 1970, Oheme and Prior, 1974, Tyagi and Singh, 1993 and OʹConnor, 2005) for keeping the animal on religious ground. The present report deals on the technique for surgical correction of a case of chronic prolapse of uterus and cervix in a Sindhi cow by amputation of prolapsed mass through intravaginal approach.
