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ABSTRACT

Received 16 Mar2019
Revised 18 May 2019

Accepted 30 Jul 2019

The research was carried out to investigate the clinical diagnosis in dogs with respiratory tract disease and evaluate the treatment effect in the Animal Clinic of Can Tho University. The determination of respiratory tract disease in dogs was performed by cross-sectional study in 736 dogs reared in Can Tho city. The results showed that 143 out of 736 (19.43%) dogs had signs of respiratory tract disease by the clinical diagnosis. In addition, the respiratory tract disease in dogs was dependent on and gradually increased according to age of dogs (P<0.05); however, it was regardless of sex (P>0.05). The results indicated that dogs had the clinical diagnosis in the upper airways (79.72%) and lower airways (20.28%). Cough combined nasal discharge at the highest rate (18.18%), followed by cough combined nasal discharge and eye rheum (13.99%), increase of respiratory rhythm (13.29%), cough combined nasal discharge and increase of respiratory rhythm (10.49%), nasal discharge combined eye rheum (10.49%), cough combined nasal discharge and rales (9.79%), cough combined rales and depression (6.99%), dry cough (6.29%), cough combined increase of respiratory rhythm and depression (5.59%), nosebleed (2.80%) and nosebleed combined increase of respiratory rhythm (2.10%). The effectiveness of the treatment using Marbofloxacin or Cefuroxime was similar, and the adjustment for base clinical signs of the respiratory tract disease was high or rich in both treatments.

Keywords

Clinical diagnosis, dogs, respiratory disease, treatment

Cited as: Bich, T.N., Trung, L.Q., Thao, T.T. and Vy, D.T., 2019. Study on canine respiratory disease and evaluating the effect of treatment at the Animal Clinic, Can Tho University. Can Tho University Journal of Science. 11(2): 16-21.