UTERUS DIDELPHUS - A CAUSE OF TORSION OF UTERUS IN A BUFFALO

Torsion of uterus constitutes the single largest cause of maternal dys tocia in buffaloes (Singh, 1991a) and cows (Pearson, 1971). The condit ion is encountered frequently at the end of first or beginning of seco nd stage of labour (Arthur et al., 1989) though, rare cases can occur even before 7th month of pregnancy (Roberts, 1971). Among the various causes of uterine torsion, anatomical make-up of the animal like pendu lous abdomen (Singh et. al., 1978) or weak broad ligaments (Sane et al , 1982) have been suspected to play a role, An anatomical factor, the didelphic uterus, is reported here as a possible cause of torsion of u terus.