Pathological Study on Female Reproductive Affections in Dogs and Cats at Alexandria Province, Egypt

Abstract

Reproductive lesions are commonly seen in small animal practice. This study aimed to assess the reproductive disorders in bitches and queens. During the period from March 2013 to March 2015, 7 bitches and 28 queens of different breeds and ages (7 months up to 13 years) were collected from Alexandria Veterinary Medicine Directorate and Alifa Vet. Clinic, Alexandria, Egypt. They were examined clinically and by ultrasonography then ovariohysterectomy was performed for affected cases. Tissue specimens from uteri (n=35) and ovaries (n=20) were collected for both gross and histopathological examination. Results revealed that the most commonly recorded pathological conditions in the examined uteri were chronic endometritis (cats 67.85%, dogs 50%) followed by uterine neoplasms (cats 10.71%, dogs 37.5%), acute endometritis (cats 14.28%, dogs 12.5%) and disturbance in circulation (cats 7.14%). Cystic Ovaries was the most prevalent pathological conditions among the recorded ovarian lesions (cats 35.29%, dogs 50%) represented mainly by follicular cysts (cats 35.29%, dogs 16.66%), cystic corpus luteum (dogs 16.66%) and cystic rete ovarii (dogs 16.66%) followed by ovarian neoplasms (cats 35.29%) represented mainly by papillary cystadenoma (29.41%) and Granulosa theca cell tumor (5.88%) followed by persistent corpus luteum (cats 11.76%, dogs 50%), circulatory disturbance (cats 11.76%) and oophoritis (5.88%). In conclusion, the female reproductive disorders were significantly recorded in cats than in dogs. The uterine lesions were the most frequent estimated affections, than while the ovarian lesions were found the second. Mostly, animals with uterine lesions were associated with ovarian lesions particularly, cystic ovaries.

Estudo de casos de enfermidades uterinas na espécie felina

“…Para avaliação do perfil epidemiológico, foram analisadas informações sobre o uso de progestágeno, tipo de enfermidades, sinais clínicos e qual tratamento empregado. Estudo desenvolvido pela Universidade de Alexandria, com a finalidade de realizar levantamento de casos de desordens reprodutivas em fêmeas caninas e felinas, revelou que as enfermidades do aparelho reprodutor em gatas estão se tornando cada vez mais frequentes na rotina clínica de pequenos animais (TAWFIK et al, 2015), entretanto, a baixa incidência (6,54%) de fêmeas felinas com diagnóstico de doenças uterinas no presente trabalho, pode estar relacionada a um índice muito menor de atendimentos de indivíduos da espécie felina (19,80%) quando comparado aos atendimentos de caninos, que alcançam uma porcentagem de 77,11% dos casos recebidos.…”

“…Enfermidades reprodutivas são muito comuns em fêmeas felinas, e essas alterações podem influenciar a capacidade de reprodução animal, além de colocar a saúde geral dessas gatas em risco (TAWFIK et al, 2015).…”

Pyometra servik terbuka pada anjing domestik dengan riwayat terapi progestin secara rutin

“…Kejadian pyometra pada anjing betina terjadi pada fase diestrus (< 10 tahun), biasanya terjadi selama atau segera setelah periode dominasi dari progesteron (Baithalu et al 2010). Terjadinya pyometra merupakan kelanjutan dari cystic endometrial hyperplasia (CEH) akibat induksi progesteron kronis yang berujung pada akumulasi nanah pada lumen uterus (Gumber et al 2010, Tawfik 2015. Penumpukan cairan nanah pada endometrium menyebabkan prostaglandin 2 alfa (PGF2α) tidak dihasilkan, sehingga korpus luteum menjadi persisten dan tidak diregresi.…”

Cystic Endometrial Hyperplasia Pada Kucing Domestik

“…Cystic endometrial hyperplasia (CEH) dapat menghasilkan kondisi mucometra, haematometra, hydrometra maupun pyometra. Terjadinya pyometra merupakan kelanjutan dari cystic endometrial hiperplasia (CEH) akibat induksi progesteron kronis (Tawfik, 2015). Kejadian CEH-Pyometra kompleks juga bisa disebabkan karena ketidakseimbangan hormon akibat dari terapi hormonal untuk mencegah kebuntingan (Aqudelo, 2005 (Fossum et al,2019).…”