The influence of breed and age on appearing of pyometra in bitches

Ivan Stancic,Milovan Jovicin,Branislav Lako,Milenko Stevancevic,Bojan Toholj

doi:10.2298/vetgl0804233s

Abstract

Pyometra (chronic purulent inflammation of the uterus) is a frequent reproductive disorder in sexually mature bitches that usually occurs between the 4th week and the 4th month following estrus when the animal is not pregnant. The objective of this investigation was to examine the influence of the breed of bitch on the age when pyometra is diagnozed, and in the territory of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The average age of 321 examined bitches with diagnozed pyometra was 8.4 years. A statistically significant (P?0.05) difference was established in the average age of bitches of big breeds (7.3 years) in comparison with the age of bitches of small breeds, at the time of pyometra occurrence (9.8 years). Bitches of mixed breeds were aged 8.8 years on the average when they were diagnozed with pyometra. Pyometra was diagnozed at the age between 7 and 9 years in 52% of the examined bitches of big breeds, while 51% bitches of small breeds were diagnozed with pyometra when they were considerably older (?10 years). On the grounds of the results of these investigations, it can be concluded that the risk of pyometra occurring increases significantly after 5 years of age, but that breed has a significant effect on the age at which pyometra occurs in bitches.

Highlights

Prema rezultatima istraivanja brojnih autora, koje je sumirao Foster (2007), ali i na osnovu prakti~nih iskustava, razli~ita oboljenja reproduktivog sistema i poreme}aji reprodukcije, predstavljaju jedan od naj~e{}ih razloga za intervenciju u klini~koj veterinarskoj praksi
Iz ovog istraivanja se moe zaklju
Na osnovu rezultata dobijenih u ovom radu, kao i na osnovu rezultata istraivanja drugih autora, moe se, generalno, zaklju~iti da razlike u frekventnosti pojave piometre, kod pojedinih rasa, mogu biti posledica njihove genetske razli~i-

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Introduction

Prema rezultatima istraivanja brojnih autora, koje je sumirao Foster (2007), ali i na osnovu prakti~nih iskustava, razli~ita oboljenja reproduktivog sistema i poreme}aji reprodukcije, predstavljaju jedan od naj~e{}ih razloga za intervenciju u klini~koj veterinarskoj praksi. Stan~i} i sar.: Uticaj rase na starosnu dob u kojoj se naj~e{}e javlja piometra kod kuja Kuje ostalih ispitivanih ~istih rasa su u momentu dijagnostikovanja piometre bile sli~ne starosti sa kujama velikih rasa (prose~no 7,37 godina), dok je prose~na starost kuja meleza razli~itih rasa, pokazala intermedijalnu vrednost izme|u velikih i malih rasa (prose~no 8,81 godina).

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