Abstract
Incidence and Risk Assessment of Cardiac Arrhythmias in Dogs with Respect to Age, Breed, Sex and Associated Biochemical Changes
Highlights
Heart suffers from variety of infectious, non–infectious, genetic, nutritional, environmental, and parasitic diseases leading to its compromised function and death
Six dogs maintained at Division of Animal Nutrition, IVRI, Izatnagar, and found free of cardiac arrhythmias (CA) on ECG were selected as healthy control to compare biochemical alterations in dogs with CA
The Pomeranian breed being the most favored pet among Indian animal lovers, the incidence and risk related to CA was found higher than the other breeds of dog
Summary
Heart suffers from variety of infectious, non–infectious, genetic, nutritional, environmental, and parasitic diseases leading to its compromised function and death. The canine cardiac diseases are common, complex, devastating and considered as silent killer (Parker et al, 2006). According to the American Veterinary Medical Association, 1 out of 10 dogs suffer from heart disease (Dove, 2001). The overall prevalence of cardiac diseases in dogs was recorded around 4.4% (Manczur et al, 2003). Heart diseases in dogs may be acquired or congenital former being more prevalent. Electrocardiography (ECG) is non–invasive and relatively inexpensive technique which records the disturbance in electrical potential i.e arrhythmia, rather it serve as an indicator of electrolyte imbalance, drug toxicity and less precisely myocardial and pericardial affections of heart (Mattera et al, 2012). Routine electrocardiography in conjunction with biochemical analysis in all the dogs remains the corner stone for possible early diagnosis of the most of cardio–vascular abnormalities
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