ABSTRACT: This retrospective study evaluated the impact of clinical presentation pyometra on morbidity and mortality affected bitches. The medical records 47 bitches surgically treated for between May December 2017 were evaluated. admission data analyzed to classify animals according pyometra, presence systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) organic dysfunctions (cardiovascular, neurolog...

26 The extracellular matrix of the cervix that comprises collagen, elastin, 27 proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) is thought to have an essential role in 28 cervical relaxation. This study investigated the proportion of collagen and smooth muscle 29 as well as the GAGs in cervices obtained from healthy bitches at different stages of the 30 estrous cycle and bitches with openand closed-...

Introduction There is considerable variation in the time of ovulation in relation to the onset of vulval swelling and serosanguinous discharge of early proestrus. This is often not understood by dog breeders and they frequently impose standard mating regimes upon their bitches. These regimes usually involve a plan for breeding at a predetermined or defined number of days after the onset of vulv...

Some reproductive parameters of the Nigerian local bitches were studied at the kennel of the Department of Veterinary Surgery and Reproduction, University of Ibadan using 6 bitches and 1 stud aged between 2 and 3 years, weighing 10 to 12kg. The bitches were mated naturally by the stud at the second day of cytological oestrus and allowed to carry the pregnancy to term. The bitches and puppies we...

BACKGROUND To assess and to compare the renal volume evolution in bitches during pregnancy by two-dimensional (2D) ultrasonography using the ellipsoid technique (volume = length x width x depth x 0.523) and three-dimensional (3D) ultrasonography using the Virtual Organ Computer-aided AnaLysis (VOCAL) method. A longitudinal prospective study was performed with 17 normal Golden Retrievers bitches...

This research was conducted to analyze the analgesic effects of bupivacaine, ketamine and bupivacaine–ketamine combination on bitches undergoing ovariohysterectomy, determine a suitable regional anaesthesia. Fifteen (15) apparently healthy bitches, aged 8-12 months weighing 10 – 15kg were procured within around Zaria, Kaduna State for this experiment. The animals grouped into three (3), A, B C,...

From 1994 to 2003, a total of 526 bitches of 99 different breeds were artificially inseminated in 685 estrus cycles with domestic (n = 353) or imported (n = 332) frozen-thawed semen from 368 males. The overall whelping rate was 73.1% and mean (+/- S.E.M.) litter size 5.7 +/- 0.1 pups. The whelping rate was higher after intrauterine insemination (75.0%; n = 665) than after intravaginal inseminat...

Fransson, B. 2003. Systemic inflammatory response in canine pyometra; the response to uterine bacterial infection. Doctor’s dissertation. ISSN 1401-6257, ISBN 91-576-6393-9. Research efforts have focused mainly on the hormonal aspects of canine pyometra for more than 6 decades. However, this disease is often manifested as systemic illness in response to the bacterial uterine infection. Studies ...

The original cause for the development of stray dog populations is to be located in peoples’ households. Bitches are neither spayed nor sufficiently isolated from males when in heat. Therefore, bitches as a rule whelp several times during their lifespan. For the whelps, frequently no new owner is found. The sad reality is that frequently one of the whelps, often a male, is kept to avoid botheri...

Diagnostic tools for common uterine disorders like cystic endometrial hyperplasia (CEH), mucometra, hydrometra or pyometra as well as effective treatments are discussed. Cystic Endometrial Hyperplasia (CEH), a chronical degenerative disease of the endometrium, coincedes with delayed uterine clearance of fluids after mating and reduced uterine contractions and perfusion. Since in bitches with CE...