The purpose of this study was to measure the short term effects of castration on steroid metabolism in male shelter dogs. Blood samples were obtained from 20 male dogs that were part of an on-going neutering program run ...

Many animal species, which are to some extent adapted to social life, have the ability to learn and gain new information about their environment by observing the behaviour of the other. In the case of social learning the ...

The aim of our retrospective study was to investigate the efficacy and features, of long-term therapy of canine atopic dermatitis based on the owners observations. Twentytwo dogs were randomly selected of those atopic dogs ...

Prepuberal gonadectomy is defined as ovariohysterectomy (OHE), ovariectomy or castration of kittens and puppies between 6 weeks and 16 weeks of age (Root, 2014). However, in some studies prepuberal gonadectomy refers to ...

Canine hip dysplasia (CHD) is a common inherited degenerative disease of the hip joint mostly affecting large sized dogs. The degree of pain due to CHD is highly individual with some dogs showing no signs of pain while ...

Otitis externa is a multifactorial syndrome characterized by skin inflammation in the exterior ear canal. It represents around 10% of canine veterinary consultations. The primary factors initiating the otitis externa, ...

Acquired urinary incontinence affects as many as 5-20% of spayed bitches, which is a sub-stantially larger percentage than what is seen in intact bitches or male dogs; both intact and neutered (FORSEE et al., 2013; ARNOLD, ...

Although sex hormones affect the serum leptin level, the alterations in the leptin level and in the size of the fat depots in the bitch during the estrous cycle have not been established. The aim of this study is the ...

With this examinations, we had two goals. First one was to find useable immunohistochemical antibodies for detecting inflammatory cells in dogs. And the second one was to find out why is it so common to find erythrocytes ...