Repair of perineal lacerations in the cow

Abstract

The increasing incidence of pneumovagina in beef cows may include heritable implications but many cases can be traced to injuries occurring during parturition. Simple vaginal lacerations are treated conservatively. Severe vulvar wounds and rectovulvar lacerations are successfully repaired by methods originally designed for use in mares. Pneumovagina complicated by extensive pooling of urine in the vagina is corrected by establishment of a transverse fold of vaginal floor cranial to the external urinary meatus.