1College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Central Agricultural University, Aizawl-796 015, Mizoram, India.
2College of Veterinary Science, Assam Agricultural University, Guwahati-781 022, Assam, India.
*Corresponding Author: Dibyajyoti Talukdar, College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Central Agricultural University, Aizawl-796 015, Mizoram, India. Email: dibya26@gmail.com
The diseases of different female genital organs in companion animals possibly will affect the health condition of the animal, fertility status, or even the life of the animal. There may be an aberrant reproductive cycle of dogs and cats if there is a lesion in the genital tract. The frequent reproductive disorders seen in companion animals are ovarian, uterine and vaginal in origin. The majority of the animals are suffering from ovarian diseases commonly cystic ovaries, ovarian remnant syndrome and ovarian tumors. Certain reproductive disorders viz., pyometra, cystic endometrial hyperplasia and metritis, might cause infertility in the bitch and queen as well as lead to the death of the animals, if not diagnosed and treated in the early hours. Vaginal, cervical prolapse and vaginal tumors are very frequent in bitches and rare in cats. The transmissible venereal tumor (TVT) is an exclusive tumor that mostly affected by the dogs. Pseudo-pregnancy is familiar in dogs but uncommon in cats.
Cat, Dog, Reproductive disorders
