Jatavath Jyothi*, M Bhavyasree and Jayanth Sai Kumar Reddy Thokala

Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Medicine, PVNRTVU, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

*Corresponding Author: Jatavath Jyothi, Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Medicine, PVNRTVU, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

Received: July 22, 2024; Published: November 20, 2024

Abstract

A 7-year-old male Saint Bernard dog weighing 65 kg was presented to the Veterinary Clinical Complex, College of Veterinary Science, Rajendranagar with the history of exercise intolerance, nocturnal cough, dyspnoea at rest in the past one month. On visual examination, the animal assumed abducted elbow posture while standing and sternal recumbency at rest. On clinical examination, there was increase in heart rate and auscultation of the heart revealed cardiac murmurs and further subjected to radiographic examination revealed enlarged left atrium and change in the cardiac silhouette and the lungs were normal; T-Fast revealed increased turbulence and systolic dysfunction and electrocardiographic examination revealed atrial fibrillation and stage two AV block. Further treatment was successfully managed with ACE inhibitors, inodilators, diuretics and antioxidants for about 15 days. On day 8 slight improvement was noticed in cough and on day 15 improvement was observed in exercise intolerance and dyspnoea.

 Keywords: Nocturnal Cough; Systolic Dysfunction; Mitral Valve Regurgitation; Mitral Valve Disease; ACE Inhibitors

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Citation

Citation: Jatavath Jyothi., et al. “Mitral Valve Degeneration in a Saint Bernard Dog-A Case Report". Acta Scientific Veterinary Sciences 6.12 (2024): 15-17.

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