INTRODUCTION Canine ovarian tumours are divided into 3 groups depending on their origin; germ cell tumours, sex-cord stromal tumours and epithelial cell tumours. Germ cell tumours include dysgerminomas, teratomas and embryonal carcinomas. Stromal tumours include granulosa-theca cell tumours, thecomas and luteomas. Epithelial neoplasms make up about 40–50 % of all ovarian growths and originate f...

A 4-year-old pregnant pointer bitch was brought to Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University with the complaint of vaginal mass and dysuria. In patient’s history, it was learnt that the bitch was mated 50 days ago. Owner also stated that the dog experienced a recent abdominal blunt trauma. On clinical examination, a protruded vagi...

Clinical neosporosis was diagnosed in a litter of five pups born to a Beagle bitch from Virginia, USA. Four of the pups developed limb weakness starting at 4 weeks of age. The dogs were suspected to have neosporosis based on clinical signs and empirically treated with Clindamycin (75 mg, oral, twice daily, total 150 mg) starting at 9 weeks of age and the dosage was doubled at 13 weeks of age. A...

Infection with Brucella canis has been diagnosed in Sweden for the first time. It was diagnosed in a three-year-old breeding bitch with reproductive disturbances. Fifteen in-contact dogs were tested repeatedly and all of them were negative for B. canis. The source of infection could not be defined. The present article describes the case and the measures undertaken and gives a short review over ...

Many types of neoplasia interact with the host's blood coagulation and fibrinolysis system in various ways. Extravascular fibrin deposits in tumours are thought to facilitate tumour growth, while intratumoural thrombi can theoretically lead to a suppression in tumour growth. As mammary tumours are the most common neoplastic disease in the bitch, the aim of this study is to test these tumours fo...

A 41⁄2 months old female Boxer pup, 6 years old Dachshund bitch and 10 years old Labrador dog were presented with extragenital transmissible venereal tumors. Based on the anamnesis, clinical symptoms and cytological examinations the cases were diagnosed as primary extragenital transmissible venereal tumors and histopathological examination of the specimens confirmed the diagnosis. The animals w...

An accurate method of predicting the date of parturition in the bitch is clinically useful to minimize or prevent reproductive losses by timely intervention. Similarly, an accurate method of timing canine ovulation and gestation is critical for development of assisted reproductive technologies, e.g. estrous synchronization and embryo transfer. This review discusses present methods for accuratel...