A retrospective study of incidence of canine reproductive cases in Udaipur district

Abstract

The purposes of this Study (retrospective) were to determine the incidence of gynaecological cases in Udaipur region of Rajasthan. Total 387 gynaecological cases were attended in bitches during the 2018-2020. Out of 387 gynaecological cases, the highest incidence was of pyometra (18.86 percent), followed in descending order by elective sterilization (16.28 percent), caesarean section (13.95 percent), pregnancy diagnosis (13.18 percent), pseudo-pregnancy (4.91 percent), mammary tumours (4.65 percent), mis-mating (4.65 percent), anoestrous (4.39 percent), dystocia (4.14 percent) and canine transmissible venereal tumors (3.36 percent) and other miscellaneous (11.63 percent). Maximum cases were in the young 0- 5 years old bitches (44.5 percent), followed by middle age group of 6-10 years (36 percent) and the lowest in older bitches of 11-15 years of age (19.5 percent). It was concluded that significance of life-threatening diseases (pyometra) of bitch in urban area of Udaipur.