Vol. 13, Issue 5 (2024)

Author(s):
Dr. K Ramesh, Dr. K Satish Kumar, Dr. P Nagaraj, Dr. BDP Kala Kumar and Dr. M Lakshman

Abstract:
The present study entitled “Studies on diagnosis of hepatobiliary disease and therapeutic management of hepatitis in geriatric dogs” was carried out to ascertain its incidence, history and clinical manifestations, hematobiochemical alterations, ascitic fluid analysis, radiographic findings, ultrasonographic changes, biomarkers estimation, histopathology findings and therapeutic management of hepatitis in geriatric dogs. In the present study, a total of 18,112 geriatric dogs were presented to the medicine ward of Veterinary Clinical Complex, College of Veterinary Science, Rajendranagar, during the period from January 2021 to October 2022. Out of which, 180 dogs were suspected for different hepatobiliary diseases which were further classified as hepatic disorders (36.11%), biliary tract disorders (16.67%) and hepatobiliary disorders (47.22%). However, 10 apparently healthy adult dogs served as control group. Higher incidence of overall hepatobiliary disorders in geriatric dogs was high in Labrador Retriever (16.11%) and lowest in Great Dane (14.81%), in case of hepatic disorders highest incidence was noticed in Labrador Retriever (18.46%) and lowest in Great Dane (03.07%), in case of biliary tract disorders, highest incidence was in Pomeranian (23.33%) and lowest in Great Dane (03.33%) and whereas hepatobiliary disorders cases was recorded highest in Labrador retriever and Pomeranian (55.17%) and lowest in Great Dane (01.18%). With respect to age and size of the dog breed, highest incidence of overall hepatobiliary diseases was seen in medium breeds (38.33%) and lowest in giant breeds (2.22%). The incidence of hepatic disorders was highest in the medium breed of older age dogs (26.08%) and lowest in giant breeds (3.33%), biliary tract disorders was highest in the medium breed of older age dogs (17.39%) and in giant breeds (4.35%) and hepatobiliary disorders was highest in the large breed of older age dogs (61.67%) and lowest in giant breeds (1.03%). Further, sex- wise incidence of hepatobiliary disorders was more in females (60.00%) than males (40.00%).