Prevalencia de la degeneración en válvula mitral, en perros geriátricos, atendidos en la Clínica Veterinaria Tafur Animal Care.

Abstract

There are much cardiac pathology that occur in geriatric domestic canines. Most times, these cases go unnoticed by the owners, until the dog begins to present symptoms, such as choking, gasping, not resisting effort, anorexia, mucous discoloration, etc. The objective of this work is to determine the prevalence of mitral valve degeneration, by echocardiogram, in geriatric dogs treated at the veterinary Tafur Animal Care during the period from October to December 2018. The method of study will be analytical descriptive, correlational and not experimental. With variables according to sex, race, type of feeding, symptoms and degenerative degree.