Since bitches are monoestrous animals, their sexual cycle occurs much less often than other domestic and reproductive capacity is potentially less. That why manipulations with the of correction gaining more interest. Estrus induction essential to commercial breeding owners for several reasons. Understanding processes that occur during each stage cycle, it can be safely manipulated. There many m...

This chapter reviews the most relevant features of the patho-physiology, clinical signs, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of overt, i.e. clinical, pseudopregnancy in dogs. Clinical pseudopregnancy is a syndrome observed in non-pregnant dogs and is characterized by clinical signs such as nesting, weight gain, mammary enlargement and lactation. It typically occurs in nonpregnant bitches about ...

OBJECTIVE The mechanism of aglepristone action in the placentation time in the bitch remains unclear. The aim of this study was to describe the mechanism by which aglepristone influences ovaries and uterus and to measure the levels of steroid sex hormones in non-pregnant bitches. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fourteen bitches assigned to a study (n=9) and control (n=5) group were given aglepristone a...

The aim of this study was to compare the frequency of the occurrence of lip and/or palate cleft (CL/CP) in new-borns of two breeds, Pugs and Chihuahuas, and to measure the folic acid blood levels in bitches during gestations both with and without folic acid oral supplementation. Bitches of 13 Pugs and 17 Chihuahuas with CL/CP cases were used in the study. In trial 1, the animals of the experime...

BACKGROUND The occurrence of spontaneous tumors in pet animals has been estimated in a few European and North American veterinary cancer registries with dissimilar methodologies and variable reference populations. OBJECTIVES The Animal Tumor Registry (ATR) of Genoa, Italy, was established in 1985 with the aim of estimating the occurrence of spontaneous tumors in dogs. METHODS Six thousand s...

Faecal calprotectin and IgA have been suggested as non-invasive markers of gut health. Faecal calprotectin is a marker of intestinal inflammation in adults, whereas IgA has been suggested as a marker of intestinal immunity. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effect of gestation, lactation and age on faecal concentrations of these biomarkers. Thirty puppies, nineteen pregnant o...

Administration of pentagastrin in depot form to 20 pregnant bitches produced pyloric hypertrophy in about 28% and gastroduodenal ulceration in about 16% of their pups. The two lesions were not necessarily found in the same individuals. Histological appearances of the pylorus in affected pups closely resembled those of human infantile pyloric stenosis.