National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
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 |
The influence of breed, age, size and parity of the bitches on the incidence of fetal resorption was analyzed in the present study. Nearly 56 percent of fetal resorption cases presented (n=64) were either in Labrador retriever or German shepherd.17.18 per cent of all fetal resorption encountered was in brachycephalic breeds like Pug. The size of the breed was found to have a significant effect on the incidence of fetal resorption, the incidence being significantly higher in medium and large size breed. It was also observed that the incidence of the fetal resorption was highest in bitches aged 2-4 years and gradually declined with the advancing age. Bitches less than 4 years accounted for nearly 62 per cent of the fetal resorption cases suggesting the preference of owners to breed animals at their younger age and withhold breeding in aged animals. In the present study 37.50 percent of cases referred were primiparous and the rest had delivered 1-8 times. The incidence of fetal resorption decreased progressively with increase in parity and the least incidence was recorded in animals with more than 5 previous deliveries.
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