Vol. 10, Special Issue 9 (2021)

Author(s):
Gaurav Sahu, HK Mehta, Nidhi Singh, RK Bagherwal and K Gautam

Abstract:
The present study was carried out in the Department of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Clinical Complex, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Mhow (Madhya Pradesh). The dogs with history and signs like persistent vomiting, anorexia, dullness, hematemesis, melena, reduced or increased water intake, ascites etc. were selected for the prevalence study of renal diseases. During study, 70 dogs were diagnosed with clinical manifestations of renal failure in totally screened 1878 dogs. Prevalence study showed that the rate of kidney affections in canine is highest in December (5.58%) and among seasonal variations, post-monsoon season shows maximum number of kidney disease cases. along with above findings, dogs 5 year of age are more prone for developing renal failure with the incidence of 54.29%. Although gender predisposition revealed, male (61.43%) dogs are more prone to develop renal failure than female (38.57%) dogs.