AUGMENTING CERVIMETRY, FETAL SURVIVABILITY, CALVING EASE, AND UTERINE HEALTH DURING BUFFALO UTERINE TORSION TREATMENT

A total of 52 buffalo cows suffering from uterine torsion were divided into seven groups.Each animal in the groupwas subjected to diagnosis depending upon clinical signs, rectal, vaginal, and ultrasonographic examination then subjected to one of the formulatedtherapeutic regimes.Cervimetry, state of fetal livability, parturition easiness, placental dropping time, and uterine health witheach specific treatment were recorded.

Results: groups injected with denaverine hydrochloride, denaverine hydrochloride potentiated with methylergometrine showed rapid cervical dilation rate (3.1±0.26^cm and 3.2±0.19^cm, respectively).Moreover, had an extending effect, where an efficient cervimetry rate (17±0.52 ^cm and16±0.46^cm, respectively)was achieved after 24h from starting the treatment.Denaverine hydrochloride, denaverine hydrochloride potentiated with methylergometrine and cloprostenol sodium plus methylergometrineshowed the unique parturition process that took place with no maneuverers (2.1±0.26, 1.8±0.22 and 2.1±0.55) with preserved fetal viability (100, 88.8 and 85.7 %) and uterine health (85.7, 88.8 and 85.7%). While,methylergometrine alone was an inefficient therapeutic protocol that didntassisted the process of normal delivery (3.2±0.17) and increases the rate of fetal deaths (50%).Denaverine hydrochloride, denaverine hydrochloride potentiated with methylergometrine andcloprostenol plus methylergometrinetreated groups showed significantly the shortest placental dropping time (9.4±1.2, 10±1.1and10±0.67hrs, respectively), while methylergometrine and misoprostol recorded the longest placental dropping time (13±0.49 and 13±0.37hrs, respectively).In conclusion,this study was considered the first attempt that follows the degree of cervimetryafter uterine torsion correction. Denaverine hydrochloride plus methergin is an efficient treatment regime that improved the reproductive health of buffalocow after uterine torsion correction.The cervical dilation rate starting from 13.00 -14.00 ^cmwas an articulated size at which the process of eutocia can start in buffalocows. The maximum achieved mean of the internal cervical luminal diameter for buffalo-cow after detorsion was 17±0.52cm, this diameter assisted the delivery process with little maneuverers.