Two sibling foxhounds born to a Leishmania seropositive bitch were presented after testing seropositive for Leishmania. Leishmania infantum infection was detected via histopathology, culture, and quantitative polymerase chain reaction (q-PCR). This is the first report of natural infection with Leishmania infantum with the possibility for vertical transmission in North America.

*Corresponding Author Yugal Raj Bindari [email protected] This paper reports on a case of canine fetal mummification which is very rare. A Japanese Spitz aged 5 year was brought to the clinic of Mount Everest Kennel Club. Breeding history of dog was obtained from the owner. X-ray confirmed the presence of fetus. Exploratory laparotomy was done under general anesthesia. Five mummified fetus...

A six-year-old, pluriparous German shepherd dog bitch was presented with an abnormal vaginal discharge of several weeks' duration. Clinical signs and radiographic and ultrasonographic findings supported an initial diagnosis of segmental cystic endometrial hyperplasia, and ovariohysterectomy was performed. Macroscopically, the uterus appeared normal except for one large and several smaller cysts...

The anencephalyisrare in veterinary medicine. This anomaly may be diagnosed by ultrasound, radiography, fetoscopy and more recently by omputed to mography and magneticresonance imaging. The objective of this study was to describe the findings ultrasound performed in thepre-christmasof a bitch Bull Terrierprimiparous, where it waspossibleto diagnose anencephaly in sevenfetuses. The findings high...

The current technology fervour over wearable technology that collects user’s intimate body data, under the pretence of medical or fitness monitoring, highlights that it is time that critical questions were raised, in a variety of ways. The ethics of corporate ownership of body data for consumerist agendas is rarely discussed beyond the fine print on these devices. More awareness and education o...

Domestic dogs are monoestrous, typically non-seasonal, polytocous, spontaneous ovulators and have a spontaneous luteal phase slightly longer (by approx 5 day) than the 64±1day luteal phases of a 65±1day pregnancy, a phase followed by an obligate anestrus before the next 2-3 week "heat" (proestrus-estrus). The resulting inter-estrus intervals of 5-12 months are variable among bitches, commonly 6...