MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF PYOMETRA IN THREE RED WOLVES (CANIS RUFUS)
| Autor: | Karen N. Wolf, Kadie Anderson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Vaginal discharge
medicine.medical_specialty Veterinary medicine Wolves General Veterinary biology Standard treatment General Medicine Pyometra biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Anti-Bacterial Agents Lycaon pictus Critically endangered Internal medicine Antibiotic therapy medicine Uterine lavage Animals Animals Zoo Female Animal Science and Zoology medicine.symptom Canis rufus |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. 44:1010-1017 |
| ISSN: | 1937-2825 1042-7260 |
| DOI: | 10.1638/2013-0006r1.1 |
| Popis: | Pyometra is a serious, life-threatening disease of both domestic and non-domestic species often requiring ovariohysterectomy to preserve the life of the animal. Medical management of pyometra has been successful in domestic and non-domestic species, and the consideration of such treatment is of marked importance in a critically endangered species. Of the canids, the red wolf (Canis rufus) is second only to African hunting dogs (Lycaon pictus) in terms of the prevalence of both cystic endometrial hyperplasia and pyometra. In this report, three red wolves were medically managed for pyometra. Aside from vaginal discharge, none of the wolves exhibited clinical signs, nor were there reflective inflammatory changes in the laboratory findings. All wolves received standard treatment for pyometra, including prostaglandin F2alpha and antibiotic therapy, while one wolf was more aggressively managed with uterine lavage. Pyometra recurred in two of the treated wolves, while the most aggressively managed wolf continues to show ultrasonographic resolution 2 yr posttreatment. Aggressive medical management of pyometra should be considered a treatment option in certain red wolf females, as it may preserve the animal's reproductive potential. |
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