Vol. 12, Issue 5 (2023)

Author(s):
Sadiq Khan M, Sahadev A, Mohan HV, Renukaradhya GJ, Naveen Kumar S and Veena MP

Abstract:
Male intact dogs aged above 1 year presented to the college hospital during a period of 8 months were screened for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) based on the presence of any of the clinical sign/s viz., constipation, dysuria, hematuria, haemorrhagic preputial discharges and also infertility. Additional 20 intact male dogs without any clinical symptom and having normal prostate on sonographic findings (Non-BPH) were considered as control to evaluate the relative accuracy of diagnostic tests viz., history and clinical signs, digital rectal examination (DRE), trans-abdominal ultrasonography (USG) and prostatic wash cytology (PWC) compared with canine prostate specific esterase for BPH. Dogs with one or the other clinical signs and with infertility were subjected for further diagnostic tests. Occurrence of BPH was 0.83% with more in dogs aged > 4-8 years (80%) and in Labrador (35%) and German shepherd (25%). Constipation and tenesmus (50%) were the most frequently recorded symptom followed by dysuria and haematuria (40%). The relative accuracy of diagnostic tests compared with CPSE was 92.50 for USG, 85.00 for PWC, 82.50 for clinical symptoms and 65.00% for DRE, respectively.