Application of Ultrasound Method for Diagnosis of Canine Pyometritis in Hanoi and Its Treatment

Abstract

      People’s living standard nowadays are being improved, hence, the number of people raising a pet increase dramatically. Together with cultural exchange and social and economic improvement, foreigners coming to Vietnam are increasing in number. They come to Vietnam for work or study and most of them brought their pet with. The risk of disease stemming from dog is related to dog number. Facing this reality, pet clinic units are increasing in number with modern equipment to accurately diagnose canine diseases. Ultrasound method was applied for diagnosis,

especially, in case of dog pyometritis. By this method, the detecting rate of the disease was higher than clinical examination (P<0.05). The pyometritis rate in local dog breeds was lower than exotic breeds (P<0.05). The older dogs and non pregnancy dogs exhibited higher risk of carrying pyometritis than normal dogs. The recovering rate was 88.88% by surgical method and was higher than conservation treatment (65.21%; P<0.05).