Bilateral uterine horn segmental aplasia in a doe

Adriana Garzon; Tessa  Kell; Bret R. McNabb; Kevin Keel; Fauna Smith

doi:10.58292/CT.v18.13208

Adriana Garzon William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, Livestock Herd Health and Reproduction Service, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
Tessa Kell William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, Anatomic Pathology Service, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
Bret R. McNabb William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, Livestock Herd Health and Reproduction Service, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA; and Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
Kevin Keel William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, Anatomic Pathology Service, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA; and Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
Fauna Smith William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, Livestock Herd Health and Reproduction Service, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA; and Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.58292/CT.v18.13208

Keywords: Segmental aplasia, goat, transabdominal ultrasonography, infertility

Abstract

This case documents a rare reproductive abnormality in a doe that resulted in infertility. Multiple fluid-filled portions of the uterine horns were identified via transabdominal ultrasonography; doe was unresponsive to prostaglandin F_2α treatment. Following euthanasia, postmortem examination confirmed multifocal bilateral segmental uterine horn aplasia with hydrometra and hydrosalpinx. This case represents a novel combination of antemortem clinical diagnosis with postmortem confirmation of uterine segmental aplasia, involving uterine horns and oviducts.

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