Prevalencia de problemas prostáticos diagnosticados mediante ultrasonografía en perros adultos atendidos en la Biomedicina Veterinaria “Las Lomas” de la ciudad de Guayaquil.

Abstract

In this Work it was diagnosed the prevalence of prostate problems of 101 adult dogs from 2 to 13 years, which were classified according to different variables such as age, anatomical condition, prostatic anomaly, and area of the city. This research work is developed in the Biomedicina Veterinaria “Las Lomas” located in Guayaquil city. In the present work, the proposal was made to determine the prostate problems affecting adult dogs and establishing which the most common ages are when these anomalies are presented and if the area of the city influences in something. To diagnose prostate problems it was used a ultrasound model SONOACE 6000 Full Doppler color and took record of patients who has arriving at the clinic, where it was determined prostate problems occur more in whole adult dogs since 6 years of age in the north of the city. The positive cases were 26 adult dogs of 101 dogs reviewed, representing 25.74 % of the total population, where 19 dogs presented hypertrophy (18.81 %) and 7 abscesses (6.93 %) and with null case in prostatitis and neoplasm.