author(s)
SS Mahour, SP Nema, Ravi Sikrodia and Naresh Kurechiya

abstract
The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of body condition score (BCS) on various uterine inflammatory diseases. The present study was conducted on 96 crossbred cows having the history of abnormal puerperium. All these cows were categorized into three inflammatory group viz. Metritis (A), Clinical endometritis (B), Subclinical endometritis (C) and control group (D) on the basis of examination of cervico-vaginal discharge quality and response to white side test. Each cow was evaluated for body condition score by visual and tactile method. The mean body condition score of cows in metritis, clinical endometritis, subclinical endometritis and control group were 2.5±0.10, 2.73±0.12, 3.73±0.11 and 3.83±0.16 respectively. Statistical analysis of data revealed that the body condition score (BCS) in crossbred cows of the inflammatory group ‘A’ (Metritis) and group ‘B’ (clinical endometritis) did not differ significantly (p<0.01) from each other; similarly the mean body condition score of group ‘C’ (subclinical endometritis) and group ‘D’ (control) crossbred cows also did not differ significantly from each other. However, mean body condition score in uterine inflammatory group ‘C’ and ‘D’ ‘was significantly higher (p<0.01) than the mean BCS of remaining two groups ‘A’ and ‘B’.