Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2022, Vol. 53 ›› Issue (4): 1259-1269.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2022.04.026

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A New Classification of Canine Endometritis: An Anatomical and Histopathological Perspective

WANG Jingxuan1, XU Yao1, WANG Haoran1, LIU Zhiyuan1, ZHAO Qida1, LIU Ruifang1, WANG Xinyu1, LIU Tao1, SONG Xudong2, XIAO Jianhua1*   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory for Prevention and Control of Common Animal Diseases in General Higher Education Institutions of Heilongjiang Province, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China;
    2. Dr. Song Pet Hospital, Harbin 150030, China
  • Received:2021-07-19 Online:2022-04-23 Published:2022-04-25

Abstract: The aim of this study was to optimize the classification of canine endometritis in order to improve its clinical diagnostic rate and provide theoretical basis for further exploration of the standard classification of canine endometritis. Forty bitches were hystero-oophorectomy, and canine endometritis was classified more deeply by observing the presence or absence of clinical symptoms, histological dilatation of endometrial structures, endometrial to Myo thickness (Endo/Myo) ratio, stromal components, and inflammatory cell infiltration of dogs. The results showed that endometritis could be roughly divided into two groups in histopathology, the group without clinical symptoms and the group with clinical symptoms. The group with clinical symptoms could be further divided into four classifications: no inflammation, mild inflammatory infiltration, severe inflammatory infiltration (hyperplasia) and severe inflammatory infiltration (atrophy), and the group without clinical symptoms included healthy and cystic endometrial hyperplasia (CEH). This study provides a more objective method for determining the standard classification of canine endometritis.

Key words: canine, endometritis, histopathology, classification

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