Excerpt from The Canadian Veterinary Record, Vol. 2: December, 1921

After introducing hand into rectum, turn it palm downwards, palpate the vagina, and in pushing it forwards grasp the cervix, enlargement of which can be detected, then grasp the uterus, which should be round, firm, yet compressible. The horns ought to have the same feeling, but are smaller. In cows that that have had a number of calves, one horn will be larger than the other, this is usually found to be the right horn, but the difference is not great. The cervix and body of uterus in non-pregnant cows is found in the pelvis, the horns projecting over the brim of the pubis. In a few cases, especially heifers, the whole uterus will be found in the pelvic cavity.

The hand can be passed over the horns of the uterus and the whole organ can be brought back into the pelvis, thus tensing the broad ligament and facilitating the finding of the ovaries. The oviducts, broad ligament and ovaries are next palpated. Some operators who who have small hands and arms are able to introduce one into rectum and the other into the vagina and cant the uterus over backwards into the palm of the hand in the vagina and massage it by rolling it gently between it and the hand in the rectum.

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