The study was conducted in 265 clinical cases of mammary and skin/ subcutaneous
neoplasms in dogs presented to University Veterinary Hospitals Mannuthy and Kokkalai during
a period of 36 months from October 2017 to September 2020. Mammary neoplasms were found
more in females (51.7 per cent) than in males whereas skin and subcutaneous neoplasms were
found more in male dogs (48.3 per cent). The maximum occurrence of neoplasms was recorded in
the age group of eight to twelve years (38.5 per cent) whereas least occurrence was noticed in the
age group up to four years (9 per cent). Labrador and Rottweiler breeds were found more affected
with neoplasms (38 per cent each) with highest occurrence of mammary neoplasms in inguinal
mammary glands (35.03 per cent) and highest occurrence of skin/ subcutaneous neoplasms on
sites involving trunk region (14.06 per cent cases). Eighty-three per cent of the neoplasm cases
in the present study were pet dogs with a greater number of dogs maintained in outdoor kennels
and 17 per cent of neoplasm was found in free-roaming dogs rescued from streets. Out of total 265
dogs, 37.73 per cent dogs were found to be having commercial dog food as their main feed and 32
per cent dogs were fed with a mixed diet of homemade food and commercial dog food. Among the
cases, 14.71 per cent dogs had a previous history of cancer surgery
Cataract is one of the main reasons interfering with examination of the eye in many
species of animals. As the opaque lens obscures visualization of the posterior segment of the eye,
evaluation of the structures in the posterior segment becomes impossible. B-mode ultrasonography
of the eye plays a major role in such conditions to evaluate the posterior segment and to evaluate
the biometry of the intraocular structures. In the current study, dogs with cataracts of various stages
were subjected to ocular ultrasonographic evaluation and biometry of ocular structures. Biometry
for ocular parameters like axial length of the eye (D1), vitreous chamber depth (D2), lens diameter
(D3) and lens depth (D4) were recorded in all the dogs with cataractous lens. The ultrasonographic
appearance of the lens varied in echogenicity with the stage of the cataract. The changes in the
cortex and nucleus part of the lens were also imaged and recorded. B-mode ultrasonography
was useful in ruling out structural pathologies related to the vitreous and retina prior to cataract
surgery
Seventeen dogs with superficial corneal ulcers were chosen for isolation of bacterial cells. All the dogs exhibited various clinical signs like blepharospasm, photophobia, lacrimation, and restlessness.Corneal swabs were collected from all the dogs prior to a detailed ophthalmic examination. They were subjected to culture and antibiotic sensitivity test and the identification of microorganisms. From the study, Staphylococcus aureus was the predominant bacteria isolated from the corneal surface.
Equine ocular setariosis is a serious parasitic condition which causes ocular damage in animals. The present study was aimed to discuss the surgical management and prognosis of ocular setariosis. The affected four horses were presented to Teaching Veterinary Clinical Complex, Mannuthy, with clinical signs like epiphora and corneal cloudiness. The conditions were managed surgically after appropriate anaesthetic administration. All the animals had an uneventful recovery and attained complete corneal clarity.
A study was conducted in 18 healthy, fertile, non-pregnant, dioestrous female dogs to
evaluate the efficacy of PGF2? analogue (cloprostenol sodium) in shortening the dioestrus. Bitches
that were diagnosed non-pregnant by trans-abdominal ultrasonography, on day 30 of breeding
and their dioestrual stage confirmed by serum progesterone assay, were randomly allotted to three
groups of six bitches each. Group I and II bitches were treated with cloprostenol sodium @ 2.5
µg/kg b. wt., subcutaneously, thrice at 48 h interval, beginning on day 30 and 45 of last breeding,
respectively. Group III animals were assigned as control and were left untreated. Fifty days from first
injection of cloprostenol, serum progesterone assay was carried out among the animals in Group I
and II whereas the same was done among Group III bitches on day 90 after last breeding. Among
Group I and II, mean serum progesterone concentrations were 0.93 ± 0.04 and 0.87 ± 0.01ng/
mL, respectively whereas the level was 1.72 ± 0.9 ng/mL among control group; highly significant
difference (p<0.01) existed between control and treatment groups. The present study indicated
that administration of PGF2? analogue during dioestrus enhances the pace of luteal regression
among non-pregnant bitches.
Pathophysiology of obstructive urolithiasis in goats are multifactorial involving
management, nutritional and hormonal factors. Analysis of the composition of a particular urolith
would aid in understanding the aetiopathogenesis of the calculi which can facilitate establishment
of appropriate treatment and prevention protocols. Four cases of chronic obstructive urolithiasis
in male goats presented to University Veterinary Hospital were surgically managed by tube
cystotomy. The calculi extracted from the bladder were subjected to Fourier transform infrared
spectrophotometer with attenuated total reflectance (FTIR-ATR) to identify the composition of the
calculi. The infrared wavelength bandwidths of H-O-H stretching vibrations, H-O-H bending modes
of vibrations of water molecules, N-H symmetric stretching vibrations, N-H bending vibration
and N-H asymmetric bending vibration in NH4+ unit’s ionic phosphate were compared with the
available reference spectrum of wavelength and were found to be identical and comparable with
the standard infrared wavelength of struvite calculi.
Successful surgical management of congenital epitheliogenesis imperfecta and eventration of abdominal contents through an incomplete ventral abdominal wall in a day-old kid was reported.
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