The Visual Guide to
Caprine Reproduction
Accidents of Gestation: Hydrometra
Ultrasonogram of Hydrometra.
Cloud burst or pseudo pregnancy. The ultrasonogram shows large fluid-filled compartments which are separated by thin tissue walls (trabeculae). There are no fetuses, nor placentomes. The compartments undulate when the doe moves, or when the abdomen is succussed.
Thigpin KA (2006)
Hydrometra Dorsal View.
Bilaterally distended abdomen as in a doe with a multiple pregnancy. Pseudo pregnancy is a pseudonym for hydrometra in the goat.
Smith MC (2006)
Hydrometra Posterior View.
Bilateral abdominal distension due to hydrometra must be differentiated from multiple pregnancy and bloat. The latter is unilateral to the left.
Smith MC (2006)
Hydrometra After Treatment.
The abdominal distension has disappeared after discharge of the uterine fluid (cloud burst).
Smith MC (2006)
Hydrometra Fluid.
There are white specks in the otherwise clear fluid. The volume is quite variable from 1.0 to 7.2 liters.
Smith MC (2006)