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CLINICAL REPORTJ. Ind. Vet. Assoc., Kerala. 10 (1)was draped. A four centimeter long cutaneousincision was made over the lateral aspect of the leftinguinal swelling parallel to the flank fold. Theincision was deepened through the subcutaneoustissue to expose hernial sac by blunt dissection. Thehernial sac was opened and the contents were foundto be non-gravid uterine horns with the broadligaments (Fig.1). The kelotomy was performed byincising the inguinal ring in a cranio-medial directionto reduce whole non- gravid uterus with the broadligaments into the abdominal cavity. The hernial sacwas ligated as close to the internal inguinal ring aspossible and was sectioned distal to it. Both internaland external inguinal rings and the kelotomy woundwere closed in separate layers by simple continuoussutures followed by a layer of subcutaneous sutureseusing 3.5 metric polyglactin 910 . The skin woundwas apposed with horizontal mattress sutures using3.0 metric nylon. A similar procedure was repeatedon the right inguinal ring to reduce omentum. (Fig.2). A sterile gauze stent was sutured over both skinwounds and Tr. benzoin was applied.fPostoperatively, ceftriaxone was administered at therate of 25 mg/kg body weight intravenously. Oralantibiotic therapy was continued for six more days.The animal had an uneventful recovery except for aseroma on the right side. The skin sutures werethremoved on the 9 post-operative day (Fig. 3) and theseroma subsided subsequently. Ovariohysterectomyat another date was recommended to avoidcomplication is future.2.46Fig. 1: The exposed contents of the left hernial sac,the uterus and the broad ligamentFig. 2: The exposed content of the righthernial sac, the omentumFig. 3: Healed skin wound after bilateral hernialrepair with a seroma on right sideRESULT AND DISCUSSIONAcquired inguinal hernias are relatively commonin dogs and may often met with middle aged intactbitches. Although certain toy breeds are overrepresented, no breed predilection has beendocumented (Waters et al., 1993). According toMunro and Stead (1993), the potential fordevelopment of inguinal hernia is more in femalesbecause of the normal extension of the vaginalprocess through the inguinal canal. Furthermore,accumulation of fat around the round ligament maydilate the vaginal process and inguinal canalallowing herniation. The contents of the hernial sac