Vol. 12, Issue 5 (2023)

Author(s):
Bhoopendra Singh Mahor, Amita Tiwari, Aditya Pratap, Salil Kumar Pathak, Brejesh Singh, Ranbir Singh Jatav, Saindla Rakesh and Srashty Singh

Abstract:
The liver is the largest parenchymal organ in the body, performing a number of diverse biochemical processes necessary to maintain the body's normal homeostasis. Hepatitis is one of the most frequent hepatic diseases in dogs which go undetected in early stage. Clinical signs of hepatitis can be variable depending on the severity. A total of 5132 dogs presented at V.C.C., College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Jabalpur, from February-2021 to September-2021 were screened for the study. Among them, 374 dogs demonstrated clinical signs pertaining to liver disorders out of which 54 dogs were found suffering from hepatitis. The overall occurrence of hepatitis in adult dogs was recorded as 1.05% and 14.4% among the suspected dogs. Significantly higher occurrence (1.40%) was observed in dogs of 4-8 years of age group followed by dogs of age group more than 8 years of age i.e. 1.31%. A non-significant difference was observed among gender wise occurrence. Amongst different breeds, Golden Retriever had the highest occurrence (5.88%). The most prevalent clinical abnormalities observed in hepatitis was inappetence/anorexia (100%), followed by vomition (62.96%), ascites (55.55%), weight loss (51.85%), diarrhoea (38.88%), lethargy (35.18%), melena (33.33%), polyuria (18.51%), polydipsia (18.51%), abdominal pain (14.81%) and icterus (12.96%).