Differential Diagnosis of Rectal Examination of Normal and Gynaecological Disorders in Cattle and Buffaloes

S Uterine Uterine Uterine Uterine Uterine Feeling of Ovarian Sacrosciatic Other Tentative Advise/ Treatment
N. Tonicity horn wall wall contents cotyledons dimensions ligaments Diagnostic diagnosis
Consistenc points
y
1. Atonic Slightly Normal Normal None None Quiescent a. No 1. Parasites Anoestrus 1. Deworming 2.Ectoparasites
flat or Non t relaxed of GI tract in heifers control
functional b. Ha and blood 3. Better feeding
(flat rd cervix 2. May not 4. Mineral mixture
ovaries) c. Du gain in 5. Germinated gram 10-20 kg
first ovary ll skin weight
2. Atonic Flat/con Slightl Moderate None None As above a, b, c as 1,2 as above Post partum 1, 2, 3 &4 as above 6. Feed
ical y thick ly hard unless (width is above animals not Anoestrum germinated gram (after
(short infecte more than gaining wt. germination grind and boil to
uterus) d thickness) after calving prevent drop in milk yield)
(body score)
3. Atonic As Normal Normal As None Bulged & a, b, c as 1. As above Anoestrus 1, 3, 4 & 6 * The height and
above above smooth above 3. Giving or thickness of the ovaries are
Subfunc- mineral Suboestrus almost same irrespective of
tional mixture their length
ovaries*
. Atonic As As As above As None May shoe a, b, c as 1. As above Suboestrus 1,3,5 in heifers 1,3,6 in
above above or mode- above irregular above 4. Mostly due milking animals. Avoid
rately or surface of to CuSO4 feeding CuSO4, Co-Fe-Cu, etc
soft slimy ovary Co-Fe-Cu etc.
feeding
5. Atonic Flat/ Normal Normal None None Subfuncti- a, b as above 5. Eating rags, Phosphorus 7. Feed 10-15 gms Sodium or
subtonic Conical unless onal licking walls Deficiency Potassium phosphate 10-15 days
infected ovaries 6. Long, dull (Fluorine free super phosphate
rough brittle can be fed) 4.8. Tono-phosphon
hair coat 5-10ml s/c & Vitamin A 6-12
breathing no lakhs IU, i/m inj
panting
6. Atonic/ Flat/ As Moderately None None Subfuncti- a, b as above 7. Spectacles Copper 9. Copperglin 10 ml i/m inj of Co-
subtonic Conical above/ soft/hard unless onal around eyes Deficiency Fe-Cu or similar tablets 2-5 per
slightly infected ovaries white hair in day (20 tabs) or 1 gram CuSO4 in
thick black coat, milk 2-3 days. TOO MUCH
black hair in COPPER IS HARMFUL
red/brown hair
coat
7. Atonic Round/ Small Normal None or None Small Tough 8. History of Freemartin No treatment. Cull. *Rarely in
Flat short fluids in heterozygous foetal life male foetus might have
case twins been resorbed after 45 days age of
hymen 9. Small vulva pregnancy and female calf alone
is intact with large tuft born
of vulval hairs
S Uterine Uterine Uterine Uterine Uterine Feeling of Ovarian Sacrosciatic Other Tentative Advise/ Treatment
N. Tonicity horn wall wall contents cotyledons dimensions ligaments Diagnostic diagnosis
Consistenc points
y
1. Atonic Slightly Normal Normal None None Quiescent a. No 1. Parasites Anoestrus 1. Deworming 2.Ectoparasites
flat or Non t relaxed of GI tract in heifers control
functional b. Ha and blood 3. Better feeding
(flat rd cervix 2. May not 4. Mineral mixture
ovaries) c. Du gain in 5. Germinated gram 10-20 kg
first ovary ll skin weight
2. Atonic Flat/con Slightl Moderate None None As above a, b, c as 1,2 as above Post partum 1, 2, 3 &4 as above 6. Feed
ical y thick ly hard unless (width is above animals not Anoestrum germinated gram (after
(short infecte more than gaining wt. germination grind and boil to
uterus) d thickness) after calving prevent drop in milk yield)
(body score)
3. Atonic As Normal Normal As None Bulged & a, b, c as 1. As above Anoestrus 1, 3, 4 & 6 * The height and
above above smooth above 3. Giving or thickness of the ovaries are
Subfunc- mineral Suboestrus almost same irrespective of
tional mixture their length
ovaries*
. Atonic As As As above As None May shoe a, b, c as 1. As above Suboestrus 1,3,5 in heifers 1,3,6 in
above above or mode- above irregular above 4. Mostly due milking animals. Avoid
rately or surface of to CuSO4 feeding CuSO4, Co-Fe-Cu, etc
soft slimy ovary Co-Fe-Cu etc.
feeding
5. Atonic Flat/ Normal Normal None None Subfuncti- a, b as above 5. Eating rags, Phosphorus 7. Feed 10-15 gms Sodium or
subtonic Conical unless onal licking walls Deficiency Potassium phosphate 10-15 days
infected ovaries 6. Long, dull (Fluorine free super phosphate
rough brittle can be fed) 4.8. Tono-phosphon
hair coat 5-10ml s/c & Vitamin A 6-12
breathing no lakhs IU, i/m inj
panting
6. Atonic/ Flat/ As Moderately None None Subfuncti- a, b as above 7. Spectacles Copper 9. Copperglin 10 ml i/m inj of Co-
subtonic Conical above/ soft/hard unless onal around eyes Deficiency Fe-Cu or similar tablets 2-5 per
slightly infected ovaries white hair in day (20 tabs) or 1 gram CuSO4 in
thick black coat, milk 2-3 days. TOO MUCH
black hair in COPPER IS HARMFUL
red/brown hair
coat
7. Atonic Round/ Small Normal None or None Small Tough 8. History of Freemartin No treatment. Cull. *Rarely in
Flat short fluids in heterozygous foetal life male foetus might have
case twins been resorbed after 45 days age of
hymen 9. Small vulva pregnancy and female calf alone
is intact with large tuft born
of vulval hairs
S Uterine Uterine Uterine Uterine Uterine Feeling of Ovarian Sacrosciatic Other Tentative Advise/ Treatment
N. Tonicity horn wall wall contents cotyledons dimensions ligaments Diagnostic diagnosis
Consistenc points
y
1. Atonic Slightly Normal Normal None None Quiescent a. No 1. Parasites Anoestrus 1. Deworming 2.Ectoparasites
flat or Non t relaxed of GI tract in heifers control
functional b. Ha and blood 3. Better feeding
(flat rd cervix 2. May not 4. Mineral mixture
ovaries) c. Du gain in 5. Germinated gram 10-20 kg
first ovary ll skin weight
2. Atonic Flat/con Slightl Moderate None None As above a, b, c as 1,2 as above Post partum 1, 2, 3 &4 as above 6. Feed
ical y thick ly hard unless (width is above animals not Anoestrum germinated gram (after
(short infecte more than gaining wt. germination grind and boil to
uterus) d thickness) after calving prevent drop in milk yield)
(body score)
3. Atonic As Normal Normal As None Bulged & a, b, c as 1. As above Anoestrus 1, 3, 4 & 6 * The height and
above above smooth above 3. Giving or thickness of the ovaries are
Subfunc- mineral Suboestrus almost same irrespective of
tional mixture their length
ovaries*
. Atonic As As As above As None May shoe a, b, c as 1. As above Suboestrus 1,3,5 in heifers 1,3,6 in
above above or mode- above irregular above 4. Mostly due milking animals. Avoid
rately or surface of to CuSO4 feeding CuSO4, Co-Fe-Cu, etc
soft slimy ovary Co-Fe-Cu etc.
feeding
5. Atonic Flat/ Normal Normal None None Subfuncti- a, b as above 5. Eating rags, Phosphorus 7. Feed 10-15 gms Sodium or
subtonic Conical unless onal licking walls Deficiency Potassium phosphate 10-15 days
infected ovaries 6. Long, dull (Fluorine free super phosphate
rough brittle can be fed) 4.8. Tono-phosphon
hair coat 5-10ml s/c & Vitamin A 6-12
breathing no lakhs IU, i/m inj
panting
6. Atonic/ Flat/ As Moderately None None Subfuncti- a, b as above 7. Spectacles Copper 9. Copperglin 10 ml i/m inj of Co-
subtonic Conical above/ soft/hard unless onal around eyes Deficiency Fe-Cu or similar tablets 2-5 per
slightly infected ovaries white hair in day (20 tabs) or 1 gram CuSO4 in
thick black coat, milk 2-3 days. TOO MUCH
black hair in COPPER IS HARMFUL
red/brown hair
coat
7. Atonic Round/ Small Normal None or None Small Tough 8. History of Freemartin No treatment. Cull. *Rarely in
Flat short fluids in heterozygous foetal life male foetus might have
case twins been resorbed after 45 days age of
hymen 9. Small vulva pregnancy and female calf alone
is intact with large tuft born
of vulval hairs
S Uterine Uterine Uterine Uterine Uterine Feeling of Ovarian Sacrosciatic Other Tentative Advise/ Treatment
N. Tonicity horn wall wall contents cotyledons dimensions ligaments Diagnostic diagnosis
Consistenc points
y
1. Atonic Slightly Normal Normal None None Quiescent a. No 1. Parasites Anoestrus 1. Deworming 2.Ectoparasites
flat or Non t relaxed of GI tract in heifers control
functional b. Ha and blood 3. Better feeding
(flat rd cervix 2. May not 4. Mineral mixture
ovaries) c. Du gain in 5. Germinated gram 10-20 kg
first ovary ll skin weight
2. Atonic Flat/con Slightl Moderate None None As above a, b, c as 1,2 as above Post partum 1, 2, 3 &4 as above 6. Feed
ical y thick ly hard unless (width is above animals not Anoestrum germinated gram (after
(short infecte more than gaining wt. germination grind and boil to
uterus) d thickness) after calving prevent drop in milk yield)
(body score)
3. Atonic As Normal Normal As None Bulged & a, b, c as 1. As above Anoestrus 1, 3, 4 & 6 * The height and
above above smooth above 3. Giving or thickness of the ovaries are
Subfunc- mineral Suboestrus almost same irrespective of
tional mixture their length
ovaries*
. Atonic As As As above As None May shoe a, b, c as 1. As above Suboestrus 1,3,5 in heifers 1,3,6 in
above above or mode- above irregular above 4. Mostly due milking animals. Avoid
rately or surface of to CuSO4 feeding CuSO4, Co-Fe-Cu, etc
soft slimy ovary Co-Fe-Cu etc.
feeding
5. Atonic Flat/ Normal Normal None None Subfuncti- a, b as above 5. Eating rags, Phosphorus 7. Feed 10-15 gms Sodium or
subtonic Conical unless onal licking walls Deficiency Potassium phosphate 10-15 days
infected ovaries 6. Long, dull (Fluorine free super phosphate
rough brittle can be fed) 4.8. Tono-phosphon
hair coat 5-10ml s/c & Vitamin A 6-12
breathing no lakhs IU, i/m inj
panting
6. Atonic/ Flat/ As Moderately None None Subfuncti- a, b as above 7. Spectacles Copper 9. Copperglin 10 ml i/m inj of Co-
subtonic Conical above/ soft/hard unless onal around eyes Deficiency Fe-Cu or similar tablets 2-5 per
slightly infected ovaries white hair in day (20 tabs) or 1 gram CuSO4 in
thick black coat, milk 2-3 days. TOO MUCH
black hair in COPPER IS HARMFUL
red/brown hair
coat
7. Atonic Round/ Small Normal None or None Small Tough 8. History of Freemartin No treatment. Cull. *Rarely in
Flat short fluids in heterozygous foetal life male foetus might have
case twins been resorbed after 45 days age of
hymen 9. Small vulva pregnancy and female calf alone
is intact with large tuft born
of vulval hairs
S Uterine Uterine Uterine Uterine Uterine Feeling of Ovarian Sacrosciatic Other Tentative Advise/ Treatment
N. Tonicity horn wall wall contents cotyledons dimensions ligaments Diagnostic diagnosis
Consistenc points
y
1. Atonic Slightly Normal Normal None None Quiescent a. No 1. Parasites Anoestrus 1. Deworming 2.Ectoparasites
flat or Non t relaxed of GI tract in heifers control
functional b. Ha and blood 3. Better feeding
(flat rd cervix 2. May not 4. Mineral mixture
ovaries) c. Du gain in 5. Germinated gram 10-20 kg
first ovary ll skin weight
2. Atonic Flat/con Slightl Moderate None None As above a, b, c as 1,2 as above Post partum 1, 2, 3 &4 as above 6. Feed
ical y thick ly hard unless (width is above animals not Anoestrum germinated gram (after
(short infecte more than gaining wt. germination grind and boil to
uterus) d thickness) after calving prevent drop in milk yield)
(body score)
3. Atonic As Normal Normal As None Bulged & a, b, c as 1. As above Anoestrus 1, 3, 4 & 6 * The height and
above above smooth above 3. Giving or thickness of the ovaries are
Subfunc- mineral Suboestrus almost same irrespective of
tional mixture their length
ovaries*
. Atonic As As As above As None May shoe a, b, c as 1. As above Suboestrus 1,3,5 in heifers 1,3,6 in
above above or mode- above irregular above 4. Mostly due milking animals. Avoid
rately or surface of to CuSO4 feeding CuSO4, Co-Fe-Cu, etc
soft slimy ovary Co-Fe-Cu etc.
feeding
5. Atonic Flat/ Normal Normal None None Subfuncti- a, b as above 5. Eating rags, Phosphorus 7. Feed 10-15 gms Sodium or
subtonic Conical unless onal licking walls Deficiency Potassium phosphate 10-15 days
infected ovaries 6. Long, dull (Fluorine free super phosphate
rough brittle can be fed) 4.8. Tono-phosphon
hair coat 5-10ml s/c & Vitamin A 6-12
breathing no lakhs IU, i/m inj
panting
6. Atonic/ Flat/ As Moderately None None Subfuncti- a, b as above 7. Spectacles Copper 9. Copperglin 10 ml i/m inj of Co-
subtonic Conical above/ soft/hard unless onal around eyes Deficiency Fe-Cu or similar tablets 2-5 per
slightly infected ovaries white hair in day (20 tabs) or 1 gram CuSO4 in
thick black coat, milk 2-3 days. TOO MUCH
black hair in COPPER IS HARMFUL
red/brown hair
coat
7. Atonic Round/ Small Normal None or None Small Tough 8. History of Freemartin No treatment. Cull. *Rarely in
Flat short fluids in heterozygous foetal life male foetus might have
case twins been resorbed after 45 days age of
hymen 9. Small vulva pregnancy and female calf alone
is intact with large tuft born
of vulval hairs
S Uterine Uterine Uterine Uterine Uterine Feeling of Ovarian Sacrosciatic Other Tentative Advise/ Treatment
N. Tonicity horn wall wall contents cotyledons dimensions ligaments Diagnostic diagnosis
Consistenc points
y
1. Atonic Slightly Normal Normal None None Quiescent a. No 1. Parasites Anoestrus 1. Deworming 2.Ectoparasites
flat or Non t relaxed of GI tract in heifers control
functional b. Ha and blood 3. Better feeding
(flat rd cervix 2. May not 4. Mineral mixture
ovaries) c. Du gain in 5. Germinated gram 10-20 kg
first ovary ll skin weight
2. Atonic Flat/con Slightl Moderate None None As above a, b, c as 1,2 as above Post partum 1, 2, 3 &4 as above 6. Feed
ical y thick ly hard unless (width is above animals not Anoestrum germinated gram (after
(short infecte more than gaining wt. germination grind and boil to
uterus) d thickness) after calving prevent drop in milk yield)
(body score)
3. Atonic As Normal Normal As None Bulged & a, b, c as 1. As above Anoestrus 1, 3, 4 & 6 * The height and
above above smooth above 3. Giving or thickness of the ovaries are
Subfunc- mineral Suboestrus almost same irrespective of
tional mixture their length
ovaries*
. Atonic As As As above As None May shoe a, b, c as 1. As above Suboestrus 1,3,5 in heifers 1,3,6 in
above above or mode- above irregular above 4. Mostly due milking animals. Avoid
rately or surface of to CuSO4 feeding CuSO4, Co-Fe-Cu, etc
soft slimy ovary Co-Fe-Cu etc.
feeding
5. Atonic Flat/ Normal Normal None None Subfuncti- a, b as above 5. Eating rags, Phosphorus 7. Feed 10-15 gms Sodium or
subtonic Conical unless onal licking walls Deficiency Potassium phosphate 10-15 days
infected ovaries 6. Long, dull (Fluorine free super phosphate
rough brittle can be fed) 4.8. Tono-phosphon
hair coat 5-10ml s/c & Vitamin A 6-12
breathing no lakhs IU, i/m inj
panting
6. Atonic/ Flat/ As Moderately None None Subfuncti- a, b as above 7. Spectacles Copper 9. Copperglin 10 ml i/m inj of Co-
subtonic Conical above/ soft/hard unless onal around eyes Deficiency Fe-Cu or similar tablets 2-5 per
slightly infected ovaries white hair in day (20 tabs) or 1 gram CuSO4 in
thick black coat, milk 2-3 days. TOO MUCH
black hair in COPPER IS HARMFUL
red/brown hair
coat
7. Atonic Round/ Small Normal None or None Small Tough 8. History of Freemartin No treatment. Cull. *Rarely in
Flat short fluids in heterozygous foetal life male foetus might have
case twins been resorbed after 45 days age of
hymen 9. Small vulva pregnancy and female calf alone
is intact with large tuft born
of vulval hairs
S Uterine Uterine Uterine Uterine Uterine Feeling of Ovarian Sacrosciatic Other Tentative Advise/ Treatment
N. Tonicity horn wall wall contents cotyledons dimensions ligaments Diagnostic diagnosis
Consistenc points
y
1. Atonic Slightly Normal Normal None None Quiescent a. No 1. Parasites Anoestrus 1. Deworming 2.Ectoparasites
flat or Non t relaxed of GI tract in heifers control
functional b. Ha and blood 3. Better feeding
(flat rd cervix 2. May not 4. Mineral mixture
ovaries) c. Du gain in 5. Germinated gram 10-20 kg
first ovary ll skin weight
2. Atonic Flat/con Slightl Moderate None None As above a, b, c as 1,2 as above Post partum 1, 2, 3 &4 as above 6. Feed
ical y thick ly hard unless (width is above animals not Anoestrum germinated gram (after
(short infecte more than gaining wt. germination grind and boil to
uterus) d thickness) after calving prevent drop in milk yield)
(body score)
3. Atonic As Normal Normal As None Bulged & a, b, c as 1. As above Anoestrus 1, 3, 4 & 6 * The height and
above above smooth above 3. Giving or thickness of the ovaries are
Subfunc- mineral Suboestrus almost same irrespective of
tional mixture their length
ovaries*
. Atonic As As As above As None May shoe a, b, c as 1. As above Suboestrus 1,3,5 in heifers 1,3,6 in
above above or mode- above irregular above 4. Mostly due milking animals. Avoid
rately or surface of to CuSO4 feeding CuSO4, Co-Fe-Cu, etc
soft slimy ovary Co-Fe-Cu etc.
feeding
5. Atonic Flat/ Normal Normal None None Subfuncti- a, b as above 5. Eating rags, Phosphorus 7. Feed 10-15 gms Sodium or
subtonic Conical unless onal licking walls Deficiency Potassium phosphate 10-15 days
infected ovaries 6. Long, dull (Fluorine free super phosphate
rough brittle can be fed) 4.8. Tono-phosphon
hair coat 5-10ml s/c & Vitamin A 6-12
breathing no lakhs IU, i/m inj
panting
6. Atonic/ Flat/ As Moderately None None Subfuncti- a, b as above 7. Spectacles Copper 9. Copperglin 10 ml i/m inj of Co-
subtonic Conical above/ soft/hard unless onal around eyes Deficiency Fe-Cu or similar tablets 2-5 per
slightly infected ovaries white hair in day (20 tabs) or 1 gram CuSO4 in
thick black coat, milk 2-3 days. TOO MUCH
black hair in COPPER IS HARMFUL
red/brown hair
coat
7. Atonic Round/ Small Normal None or None Small Tough 8. History of Freemartin No treatment. Cull. *Rarely in
Flat short fluids in heterozygous foetal life male foetus might have
case twins been resorbed after 45 days age of
hymen 9. Small vulva pregnancy and female calf alone
is intact with large tuft born
of vulval hairs
S Uterine Uterine Uterine Uterine Uterine Feeling of Ovarian Sacrosciatic Other Tentative Advise/ Treatment
N. Tonicity horn wall wall contents cotyledons dimensions ligaments Diagnostic diagnosis
Consistenc points
y
1. Atonic Slightly Normal Normal None None Quiescent a. No 1. Parasites Anoestrus 1. Deworming 2.Ectoparasites
flat or Non t relaxed of GI tract in heifers control
functional b. Ha and blood 3. Better feeding
(flat rd cervix 2. May not 4. Mineral mixture
ovaries) c. Du gain in 5. Germinated gram 10-20 kg
first ovary ll skin weight
2. Atonic Flat/con Slightl Moderate None None As above a, b, c as 1,2 as above Post partum 1, 2, 3 &4 as above 6. Feed
ical y thick ly hard unless (width is above animals not Anoestrum germinated gram (after
(short infecte more than gaining wt. germination grind and boil to
uterus) d thickness) after calving prevent drop in milk yield)
(body score)
3. Atonic As Normal Normal As None Bulged & a, b, c as 1. As above Anoestrus 1, 3, 4 & 6 * The height and
above above smooth above 3. Giving or thickness of the ovaries are
Subfunc- mineral Suboestrus almost same irrespective of
tional mixture their length
ovaries*
. Atonic As As As above As None May shoe a, b, c as 1. As above Suboestrus 1,3,5 in heifers 1,3,6 in
above above or mode- above irregular above 4. Mostly due milking animals. Avoid
rately or surface of to CuSO4 feeding CuSO4, Co-Fe-Cu, etc
soft slimy ovary Co-Fe-Cu etc.
feeding
5. Atonic Flat/ Normal Normal None None Subfuncti- a, b as above 5. Eating rags, Phosphorus 7. Feed 10-15 gms Sodium or
subtonic Conical unless onal licking walls Deficiency Potassium phosphate 10-15 days
infected ovaries 6. Long, dull (Fluorine free super phosphate
rough brittle can be fed) 4.8. Tono-phosphon
hair coat 5-10ml s/c & Vitamin A 6-12
breathing no lakhs IU, i/m inj
panting
6. Atonic/ Flat/ As Moderately None None Subfuncti- a, b as above 7. Spectacles Copper 9. Copperglin 10 ml i/m inj of Co-
subtonic Conical above/ soft/hard unless onal around eyes Deficiency Fe-Cu or similar tablets 2-5 per
slightly infected ovaries white hair in day (20 tabs) or 1 gram CuSO4 in
thick black coat, milk 2-3 days. TOO MUCH
black hair in COPPER IS HARMFUL
red/brown hair
coat
7. Atonic Round/ Small Normal None or None Small Tough 8. History of Freemartin No treatment. Cull. *Rarely in
Flat short fluids in heterozygous foetal life male foetus might have
case twins been resorbed after 45 days age of
hymen 9. Small vulva pregnancy and female calf alone
is intact with large tuft born
of vulval hairs