Pregnancy in a cow with uterus didelphys.
Uterus didelphys is a congenital defect of monotocous species. This short contribution describes the condition in a cow that had a pregnancy in the right horn and a corpus luteum on the ipsilateral ovary. This finding demonstrates that pregnancy can occur in a cow with uterus didelphys, although the fate of the pregnancy was obviously not known. The case was identified during routine collection of reproductive tracts in a New Zealand abattoir. It is believed to be the first report of uterus didelphys in a bovine abattoir specimen.
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Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000662:veterinary; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014599:Uterus / Q000002:abnormalities*