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Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
Urinary tract Urinary tract

VetBooks.ir Innere Medizin

Vaginal discharge

Independent of oestrus Associated with Associated with oestrus
or pregnancy
pregnancy

Normal
From the vagina From the urinary tract Pathologic Physiologic
(dog)

– Open pyometra – Fetal death – Up to 6 weeks post
– Vaginitis Haemorrhage in urinary Urinary tract – Birth trauma partum
– Mucometra/ tract inflammation/irritation – Retained placenta
haemometra
– Vaginal neoplasia
(e.g. transmissible
veneral tumour)
– Trauma
– Bacterial infection
â Coagulopathy – Mechanical irritation
Local haemorrhage (e.g. uroliths)
pp. 18–19
– Neoplasia (e.g. TCC)
– FIC

– Trauma
– Neoplasia
– Polyp
– Renal haematuria

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