Vol. 12, Special Issue 11 (2023)

Author(s):
Pavitra Revadi Jain, Vivek R Kasaralikar, B Roopali, Pradeepkumar Hiremani, Sandeep Halmandge, Dilip Kumar D and Rajendrakumar T

Abstract:
The present research study was conducted to record the incidence of Canine hypothyroidism in Bidar. Among 1864 canine cases with various disorders were presented to TVCC, Veterinary college, Bidar, were examined for the clinical signs suggestive of hypothyroidism among them 17 dogs diagnosed positive by CLIA method and 11 dogs were diagnosed positive by RIA method for hypothyroidism accounting for an overall incidence rate of 0.91per cent and 0.59 per cent respectively. It was found that incidence of hypothyroidism was highest in dogs aged between 4-6 years, female dogs were more prevalent to hypothyroidism as compared to male dogs with Labrador breed dogs to be more susceptible. higher prevalence of 60 per cent was recorded in the Labrador Retriever breed dogs, followed by Golden retriever breed (20%) Spitz (10%) and non-descript (10%).