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Veterinary Archives, Vol. 81 No. 5, 2011.

Professional paper

Unilateral segmental aplasia of the uterine horn in a gravid bitch - a case report

Silvijo Vince orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-1883-3225 ; Clinic for Obstetric and Reproduction, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Branimira Ževrnja ; Clinic for Obstetric and Reproduction, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Ana Beck ; Department of General Pathology and Pathological Morphology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Ivan Folnožić ; Clinic for Obstetric and Reproduction, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Darko Gereš ; Clinic for Obstetric and Reproduction, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Marko Samardžija ; Clinic for Obstetric and Reproduction, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Juraj Grizelj ; Clinic for Obstetric and Reproduction, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Tomislav Dobranić ; Clinic for Obstetric and Reproduction, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

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Abstract

A 1.5-year-old mongrel bitch was presented at the Clinic for obstetrics and reproduction at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Zagreb for spaying. Since the animal had been found and kept in animal shelter, no anamnestic data about her reproductive status were known. A general examination did not reveal any preoperative problem. On ultrasonograph it was found that bitch was about four weeks pregnant. Finally, and with the owner’s consent, ovariohysterectomy was proposed and accepted as a radical alternative to medical abortion following an unwanted pregnancy, as it also involves defi nitive sterilization. The surgical procedure comprising ovariohisterectomy was performed under general endotracheal anesthesia. The procedure revealed segmental aplasia of the left uterine horn with an intact left ovary and kidney.

Keywords

segmental aplasia; uterine horn; ovariohysterectomy; bitch

Hrčak ID:

72968

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/72968

Publication date:

20.10.2011.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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