author(s)
Ram Sagar, Atul Saxena, Sharadkumar and Sudhir Kumar

abstract
Uterine torsion is one of the major causes of dystocia in bovine which is often encountered by the field veterinarians and occurs more commonly in multiparous and advanced pregnant animals. A total number of 50 clinical cases of buffaloes suffering from uterine torsion were included in this study during a period of three years. Treatments of uterine torsion were corrected by rotation of dam in 42, rotation of fetus in one and combination of both methods was applied in 7 cases. Out of 50 cases, 13 (26%) were the cases of precervical and 37 (74%) were the cases of post cervical uterine torsion. The degree of torsion amongst the cases treated were up to 90° in 13 (26%) cases, up to 180° in 6 (12%) cases and >180° in 31 (62%) cases. Mean total erythrocyte’s count and mean leucocytes count in buffaloes were within normal limits. The values of Hb and ESR were within normal limits, while PCV values in buffaloes were higher than the reported normal values. The mean values of Ca and P in buffaloes were found to be as 5.21±0.26 mg/dl and 5.10±1.64 mg/dl respectively. The serum calcium concentration less than 6.5 mg/dl reflects metabolic disorders. The mean values of electrolytes i.e. Na, K and Cl were 147.27±0.30, 6.18±0.24 and 77.63±1.28 meq/liter, respectively. In our study concentration of Na did not suggest hypo or hyper natremia. In our study the concentration of K ranges between 2-8 meq/liter. The values of Cl were within normal limits. The mean values of progesterone and estrogen in buffaloes before relieving dystocia were 2.58±0.23 ng/ml and 522.08±58.70 pg/ml.