A Modified Technique for Vulvar Repair in the Bovine Animal

Abstract

Most of us in Minnesota do a lot of obstetrical work in dairy cattle. I don't know about the rest of you, but we run into some similar problems over and over. One of the things we see is vulvar lacerations, the vulvar anatomical problems that cause a poor closure of the vulva, resulting in pneumovagina of varying degrees. I would say that that doesn't have to be real severe to be a cause of infertility. I feel if there is any pneumo-vagina when you examine a cow, it may be a candidate for a caslick's or vulvar repair.