USE OF UMBILICAL-CORD CLAMPS FOR OVARIECTOMY IN COWS

Authors
YOUNGQUIST RS GARVERICK HA KEISLER DH
Citation
Rs. Youngquist et al., USE OF UMBILICAL-CORD CLAMPS FOR OVARIECTOMY IN COWS, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 207(4), 1995, pp. 474-475
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association → ACNP
ISSN journal
00031488
Volume
207
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
474 - 475
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-1488(1995)207:4<474:UOUCFO>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Bilateral ovariectomy was performed in 45 beef cows through a left par alumbar fossa laparotomy. Umbilical cord clamps were used to ligate th e ovarian pedicle and were found to provide reliable hemostasis. Exami nation of the uterus by palpation per rectum 10 to 33 days after surge ry revealed that the procedure resulted in minimal formation of adhesi ons, and, in all but 1 cow, the uterine horns were freely movable.