Incidence of Clinical False Pregnancy among Breeds of Dogs at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital University of Agriculture Makurdi Benue State Nigeria

Wachida Ndumari

doi:10.19080/ctbeb.2019.18.555981

Abstract

Incidence of Clinical False Pregnancy among Breeds of Dogs at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital University of Agriculture Makurdi Benue State Nigeria

Highlights

False pregnancy is a clinical phenomenon in which a nonpregnant female exhibits maternal behavior and shows physical signs of pregnancy at the end of dioestrus [1]
The findings of this study show that the incidence of false pregnancy or its distribution across breeds is higher in Russian shepherd 7(46.66 %), followed by Alsatian 5(33.33 %), Mastiff 2(8 %) and lastly Rottweiler 1(4 %); this is at par with the estimation of 50-75 % in bitches by [6]
Based on age in years, bitches that were 2 years of age recorded the highest incidence of false pregnancy 7(46.66 %), followed by those that were at a 1 year old 6(40 %), those that were at 4 years 2(13.33 %), no incidence was recorded in those that were at 3 years old

Summary

False pregnancy in bitches has serious economic impact on dog breeders. This study was designed to look at the incidence in bitches presented at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, University of Agriculture Makurdi Benue State Nigeria from the year 2012-2017 (5 years) and proofer solution to the problem; data of clinical cases from Hospital record was collected and analyzed based on breed, age, parity and diagnostic method, total number of 15 clinical cases were used in this work. False pregnancy was higher in bitches in the first parity 13(86.66 %) followed by those in third 2(13.33 %) and absent in those in second parity 0(0 %). False pregnancy in bitches is influence by breed age and parity

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