Volume: 55 Issue: 2
Year: 2024, Page: 388-393, Doi: https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2024.55.2.388-393
Received: Oct. 21, 2023 Accepted: March 18, 2024 Published: June 30, 2024
Canine cystic endometrial hyperplasia- pyometra complex (CEH-P) is a hormonal and bacteria mediated reproductive disorder of intact, sexually mature bitches. Though, ovariohysterectomy (OHE) is considered as the treatment of choice in CEH-P, the advent of novel therapeutics and need for conservation of breeding potential in the affected bitch, led to the exploration of medical management as an alternative option of treatment. Ultrasonography serves as an adjunct tool to diagnose and evaluate the condition. It can also be used to grade the affected uterus on the basis of endometrial changes. The present article investigates the efficacy of medical management in different grades of CEH-P, as assessed by ultrasonography. It was observed that though bitches with severe endometrial changes recovered clinically following medical management, the endometrial changes, as could be assessed with ultrasonography, persisted. The ultrasound grading of uterus could thus be used to assess the suitability of medical management in CEH-P affected bitches.
Keywords: CEH-P, ultrasonography, grading of uterus, medical management
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Rahul Ram, S., Harshan, H. M., Jayakumar, C., Abhilash, R. S. and Anoopraj, R. 2024. Response to medical management in cystic endometrial hyperplasia- pyometra affected bitches graded ultrasonographically for uterine changes. J. Vet. Anim. Sci. 55(2):388-393
DOI: https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2024.55.2.388-393