A new surgical approach to internal genitalia in water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis): a preliminary study

New surgical access to internal genitalia through either the left or right lateral wall of the pelvic cavity was sought in 3 multiparous buffalo cows. (MurrahxMediterranean buffalo crossbreed). An incision 12 to 13 cm long was made in the dorso-caudal part of the regio glutea, equidistant from the tuber ischiadicum and the most prominent point of the crista sacralis mediana (in the space confined dorsally by the caudal part of os sacrum and first 2 to 3 vertebrae coccygeae and ventrally by the spina ischiadica of os ischii), just at the site where the lateral wall of the pelvic cavity is thinnest. Ovaries, oviducts and uterine horns were successfully exteriorized through this glutea approach in all 3 animals.