Pediculated ovary in mare. Strangulation. Diagnosis by rectal
exploration. Castration.
In most healthy animals the ovary is light and its situation in the
anterior border of the broad ligament so firm that it is impossible for
it to enwrap and constrict the intestines. In the mare, however, the
healthy ovary may be almost as large as the closed fist, and when
further enlarged by cystic or other degeneration, it drags upon and
lengthens the ligament until that may form a long pedicle which can
easily be wound round the floating colon or small intestine.
_Diagnosis_ of this trouble can often be satisfactorily made by rectal
exploration, and _treatment_ will consist in the removal of the
offending body by castration through an incision made in the anterior
part of the roof of the vagina close behind the os uteri.