Vaginal prolapse due to ring womb in a 3-year old Sudanese-Balami cross breed Ewe

This report presented a case of vaginal prolapse complicated with dystocia due to ring womb, the ewe was presented with the chief complaint of protruding mass around the vulva. On physical examination, vaginal prolapse was established and corrected gently by pushing the mass through the vulva opening and stay sutures were placed using buried purse-string method. Two days post-management the ewe was observed to be at term and the sutures were removed but the ewe was unable to deliver. It was then prepared for caesarean operation and two foetuses were removed alive, the foetuses died a day after the caesarean section. The post mortem findings on the foetuses revealed pulmonary atelectasis. The ewe recovered and the sutures were removed 14 days after the surgery.