An Abattoir Study of Genital Pathology in Cows : II. Uterus, Cervix and Vagina

Genital organ disorders cause economic losses due to infertility or sterility. Many studies were performed on these disorders in many countries in the world [2, 6, 13, 15, 16, 20, 22, 25]. Uterine disorders have been encountered in some studies and researchers [2, 24] reported that the most common lesion in the uterus was inflammatory changes. In abattoir studies in Turkey, metritis, uterine tuberculosis and nonsuppurative endometritis were reported by ÇALISKAN [9] and DINÇ and GULER [10]. In some research about genital organ disorders of cows, double cervix, cervical cyst and cervicitis [2, 10, 20, 21, 24], cystic Gartner’s duct and vaginitis [2, 21, 22] have been reported.