Survey on metritis in dogs and treatment efficiency for metritis in some veterinary clinics in Ho Chi Minh City

Abstract

Survey on uteritis in dogs was carried out with a total of 2,369 dogs brought to several veterinary clinics in Ho Chi Minh City for examining and treatment. The investigated results showed that the rate of metritis in dogs was 8.4% (200/2,369 cases). The common symptoms of metritis in dogs included drinking a lot
of water (85.5%), vaginal discharge (81.5%), anorexia (78.5%), and distended abdomen (75.5%). The dogs with few or with out pregnancy suffered with the higher metritis rate in comparison with the normal breeding dogs. The infection rate of dogs with open metritis (60.5%) were higher than those with closed
metritis (39.5%). The result of applying ultrasound technique showed that there were 66.5% of female dogs suffered with metritis, which was 33.55% higher than the result of clinical diagnosis (P<0.001). The results of bacterial isolation from metritis showed that the rate of E. coli bacteria was the highest (60.0%),
followed by Streptococus spp. (28.0%), Staphylococcus spp. (8.0%). Surgical treatment for the metritis dogs achieved 87.5% recover while applying medical treatment obtained only 62.5% recover (P<0.001).