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The retrospective analysis of clinical attributes and incidence of uterine torsion was worked out from the last ten year's records, from 2012-21, maintained at the Veterinary Clinical Complex of the institute in Gujarat (India). The overall incidence of uterine torsion was 14.17 %, with a higher occurrence in pluriparous (63.89%) compared to primiparous goats (36.11%). The majority of goats suffered from postcervical torsion (77.78%) than that of pre-cervical torsion (22.22%), whereas the degree of torsion, <180 and >180 vis-a-vis direction of uterine rotation either to the right or left, distributed equally. Goats carried single kid (97.22%) had significantly (P<0.01) higher incidences of uterine torsion than those carried twins (2.78%). From the present study, it is concluded that uterine torsion prevailed in 14.17 % of goats to cause dystocia and was abundant post-cervical in location with higher incidence associated with singleton pregnancies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]