Abscesso prostático em cães: relato de 15 casos
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2012-06
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Fifteen cases of dogs with prostatic abscesses are reported. The animals were underwent to physical examination prioritizing the digital rectal exam with transabdominal palpation of the prostate gland followed by blood cell count, measurement of serum urea, creatinine, alanine aminotransferase and alkaline phosphatase levels, abdominal’s radiographic and ultrasound exams, and culture of the prostate. The animals were underwent to different treatments being related to the animal’s general state, location, size and quantity of prostatic abscesses. This description reiterates the importance of prostatic disease in canine medicine once the detailed physical examination associated with specific complementary tests, particularly x-ray and ultrasound, are valuable for the detection of dog’s prostatic diseases. Surgical procedures used here are effective to the treatment of prostatic abscesses with low mortality rate.
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Canino, Próstata, Prostatite aguda, Canine, Prostate, Acute prostatitis
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FONSECA-ALVES, Carlos Eduardo; CORRÊA, Aline Gonçalves; SANTOS JÚNIOR, Helvécio Leal; ELIAS, Fabiana; COSTA, Sabrina dos Santos; MOURA, Veridiana Maria Brianezi Dignani de. Abscesso prostático em cães: relato de 15 casos. Semina. Ciências Agrárias, Londrina, v. 33, n. 3, p. 1157-1164, maio/jun. 2012.