Chapter 212 TABLE 212-1 Pathologic Uterine Causes of Vulvar Discharges in Intact Bitches and Spayed Bitches with a Uterine Stump Figure 212-1 The canine female reproductive tract comprises ovaries, uterus, cervix, vagina, vaginovestibular junction, vestibule, vulva, and clitoris. (Used with permission from Johnston SD, Root Kustritz MV, Olson PNS: Sexual differentiation and normal anatomy of the bitch. In Johnston SD. Root Kustritz MV, Olson PNS, editors: Canine and feline theriogenology, Philadelphia, 2001, WB Saunders, p 1 [Figure 1-5A on page 6].) TABLE 212-2 Aerobic Bacteria Isolated from the Vagina of Healthy Dogs
Vulvar Discharge
Etiology
Uterine Causes
Intact
Spayed
Subinvolution of placental site (SIPS)
Stump pyometra-ovarian remnant syndrome
Pyometra
Suture reaction (granulomatous)
Metritis
Infection (e.g., Brucella canis, enterics)
Ovarian diseases resulting in persistent estrus
Neoplasia
Uterine neoplasia
Lower Reproductive Tract Causes
Vaginitis
Juvenile (Puppy) Vaginitis.
Aeromonas
Alcaligenes faecalis
Bacillus spp.
Bacteroides spp.
Chlamydia psittaci*
Corynebacterium spp.
Clostridium perfringens*
Escherichia coli*
Enterococcus*
Enterobacter spp.*
Flavobacterium
Lactobacillus
Haemophilus spp.
Klebsiella spp.*
Micrococcus
Moraxella
Neisseria
Pasteurella spp.
Proteus spp.*
Plesiomonas
Pseudomonas spp.
Staphylococcus aureus*
Staphylococcus intermedius*
Staphylococcus pseudintermedius
Streptococcus spp. (β-hemolytic)*
Streptococcus spp. (α-hemolytic)
Streptococcus pyogenes*
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