Investigation of Pathological Lesions and Fetal Losses in Slaughtered Cattle

In the presented study, we aimed to investigate fetal wastage and endometritis ratio in slaughterhouses. For this aim, we examined the uterus and ovarium tissues of slaughtered cattle by using macroscopic and histopathological evaluation methods to detect pregnancy and metritis ratio. Routine histopathological processing was performed for gathered tissues. All sections were stained with hematoxylin- eosin. After staining all slides were examined under the light microscopy. Out of the 140 cattle, 18 animals were found to be pregnant at different stages of pregnancy. No histopathological changes were observed in 62 uterus organs of 122 non-pregnant cattle and inflammatory uterine lesions were observed in different characters and intensities in 60 uterus organs. In result of this study, we detect the percentage of pregnant animals which are slaughtered is 12,8%. Besides, the percentage of female animals with no pathological lesions were found to be an obstacle to pregnancy is 44,2%. According to these findings, we were in the belief that these rates are a significant loss in terms of our local economy