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CLINICAL REPORTSurgical TechniqueIncised the skin on the midventral site. Dividedsubcutaneous tissue on midline to expose linea alba.Incised the linea alba to its full thickness and exposedthe abdominal viscera. Retracted the laparotomyedges using tissue forceps. Exposed the uterinehorns, ovary and the bursa. Large, numerousneoplastic growths could be identified in bothovaries. Anterior ovarian ligament was cut andanterior utero-ovarian vessels are ligatured. Theovarian bursa is cut across its middle to expose theovary. The ovary was disconnected from its anteriorattachment. After both ovaries were freed in thismanner, the posterior uterine arteries were ligatedand cut in level with the cervix. The broad ligamentof uterus is torn to liberate the uterine cornua.Applied two clamps anterior to the cervix and cut inbetween them to finally disconnect and remove theuterus with the ovaries. The stump was also ligated.Simple continuous sutures using catgut no. 2 wereused to close the wound. Abdominal incision wasclosed with simple continuous double row with lockstitch for linea alba. The skin was sutured using nylonin horizontal mattress pattern. Applied tincturebenzoin gauze to prevent bleeding over the suturelineExteriosed tumor mass with uterus &ovariesAnimal presented in the hospitalafter complete recoveryRESULTAnimal made a uneventful recovery and wasthpresented in the veterinary hospital on 7 postoperative day for suture removal.J. Ind. Vet. Assoc., Kerala. 10 (1)Ovaries with large tumour massPost operative care given with Inj. Ampoxin and Inj.Taxim intravenously for 5 days.DISCUSSIONOvarian tumours are uncommon in bitches,which accounts for approximately 1 percent of allneoplasms. Ovarian tumors are prone formetastasizing (spreading), and some are capable ofproducing hormones. The peak incidence ofepithelial tumors is between 4 to 15 years, with apredisposition among Pointers for epithelial tumors.50