Aim: The aim of the study was to find out alteration in physiological and
haematological parameters in bitches affected with pyometra.
Materials and
Methods: Physiological and haematological parameters were studied in twenty
eight bitches affected with pyometra.
Results: Evaluation of
physiological parameters revealed that rectal temperature and respiration rate
were increased in the bitches affected with pyometra where as heart rate did not
reveal any significant change. In haematological parameters, haemoglobin, packed
cell volume (PCV), total erythrocyte count (TEC) and lymphocyte count were
decreased in the bitches affected with pyometra. The total leucocyte count
(TLC), neutrophil count and monocyte count were increased in pyometra.
Erythrocytic indices like mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular
haemoglobin (MCH) and mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC) did not
show any significant changes in the bitches.
Conclusion: Normocytic and
normochromic anaemia, leucocytosis, a predominant absolute neutrophilia,
lymphopenia and monocytosis were the most common findings in all the bitches
affected with pyometra. Keywords: anaemia, bitch, leucocytosis,
neutrophilia, pyometra
