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Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
A total of 10,204 dogs were presented for various reasons to TVCC, Nagpur Veterinary College, Nagpur, Maharashtra, during study period between September 2019 and August 2020. Among those, dogs showing non specific signs such as inappetence, anorexia, diarrhoea, constipation, vomiting, polyuria, polydipsia, dehydration, pain on abdominal palpation and change in mucus membrane colour and specific signs like jaundice and ascites were screened for hepatic disorders and 109 (1.06 %) cases were found to be suffering from hepatic disorders. The highest prevalence was found in the age group of above 8 years (34.86%), followed by dogs of age between 4 years to 8 years (30.28%), 1 year to 4 years (22.08%) and less than 1 year (12.84%). Males (59.63%) were more affected than females (40.37%). Labrador Retriever (43.12%), Non-descript (29.36%), Spitz (6.42%) and German shepherd (5.51%) were the most commonly affected breeds.