author(s)
Satish, Mitesh Gaur, Surendar Singh Nirwan, Satish Kumar Chahar and Devender Kumar

abstract
The incidence of uterine torsion in buffaloes was calculated by retrospective analysis of the records of dystocia in buffaloes presented in 2 years and 6 months i.e. Feb, 2015 to July, 2017. Out of the 78 total cases of dystocia in buffaloes 66 (84.62%) were of maternal and 12 (15.38%) were of fetal origin. Uterine torsion was a major cause (70.51%) of the total dystocia cases in buffaloes. Torsion affected buffaloes were grouped under three categories viz. 3-6 years: 19/55 (34.54%), 6-9 years: 22/55 (40.00%) and 9-12 years: 14/55 (25.45%). The age of the animals had no affect on incidence of uterine torsion. In the present study, 96.36% (53/55) buffaloes suffered from right side uterine torsion. Post cervical location of uterine torsion was observed in 96.36% (53/55) cases whereas only 3.63% (2/55) cases of pre-cervical location of uterine torsion were reported. Only one case was reported pre-cervical with left sided torsion. In the current study, 27 of the 55 buffaloes (49.09%) had suffered from 90° to 180° torsion. Similarly the same numbers of animals viz. 27 out of the 55 buffaloes (49.09%) were reported with torsion of 180° to 360° and only a single case (1.81%) was affected with a highest degree of viz. 360° of uterine torsion.