The organ should be completely inverted or the cow will continue to strain. An oxytocin injection will contract the uterus down and remove excess fluid, and parenteral antibiotics should be used against contamination. Soak umbilical tape in any intramammary antibiotic. The external ring prolapses into the vaginal vault and presents an enlarged, cauliflower-like structure. The cervix normally everts after a difficult delivery.
Cows can become pregnant having had a history of a prolapsed cervix.
Freemartin A female calf that is born twin to a male is a freemartin. The calves share the vascular supply to the chorioallantois which allows the male androgens to alter the gonadal ridge of the female. The results are small, underdeveloped ovaries and vagina with an arrested female tract that may contain remnants of male organs.