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Female (3) (Dx affecting the Vagina (Vaginal hyperplasia/prolapse: Bitch,…

- - - - Often just find extra fluid in cranial vagina
    - - Incomplete: membranous tissue
      - Complete: occlude vestibular-vaginal opening, mucus etc accumulate cranial to it
  - - - DONT CHOP IT OFF-END UP
        WITH DAMAGE MUCOSA
  - - - Who: cows, esp. first calving heifers. Bulls mainly unaffected
      - Why: Ureaplasma diverticulum (maybe)
      - Transmission= breeding
      - What= inflammation, papular granular lesions, mucopurulent discharge, CAN PREVENT CONCEPTION
    - - Who: cows, bulls (infectious balanoposthitis)
      - Similar to IBR, Pain, mucopurulent discharge, hyperaemia of vulva, resp and reproductive problem, don't have abortion herpes (not in Aust)
      - Transmission: semen, contact
    - - EHV3 transmitted at breeding (only on affecting genital tissues)
      - Papules, vesicles, erosions, ulceration. healed= non-pigmented
      - Who: male and female
      - Tx: self limiting, non-systemic, lasts 2-5 weeks. Sexual REST
    - - CS= vulvar discharge (mucoid-mucopurulent, occational blood), XS licking
      - Who: Juvenile (<1yo)
      - Tx: usually not sig bact.= no AB unless purulent/ uncomfortable
        Often resolves after oestrus (DONT STERILISE HER UNTIL AFTER IT RESOLVES= turns into Adult Condition)
      - Adult Condition
        
        Secondary to vaginal atrophy after OVH and loss of oestrogen (fluid pooling, congenital anomaly, neoplasia, FB, urinary tract infection)
        
        Dx: Cytology- septic inflammation (can grow normal flora), not usually systemically ill
        
        Ddx: pyometra (is whole uterus infected?)
        
        Tx: determine cause, AB if pure growth- 4 wks. Cleaning, hormonal?
        
        MORE CONCERNING than juvenile condition
        
        Primary infection= Brucella canis (exotic) or herpes virus
      - Work up: full physical, vaginal cytology (stage of cycle, discharge cytology), microbiology, urinalysis, vaginal digital/ scope- stricture, neoplasia FB?
- - - - Normal
        
        cervix cylindrical, inner circular and outer longitudinal m.
        
        Lined simple columnar epithelium
        
        Longitudinal folds
        
        Frenulum extended from folds into vagina
        
        Oestrus= soft, Dioestrus= firm tone
      - Traumatised cervical epithelium= adhere transluminally/ to vagina
        
        trauma from foaling, manipulations, caustic infusions
    - - prevent cervix from opening= poor drainage from uterus (esp. in oestrus= infections)
    - - can prevent proper cervical closure- inompetence, cant maintain preg.
    - - Visual
      - Manual examination
    - - Manual disruption to open- may need to repeat to keep open and draining
      - Corticosteroid/ AB ointment (short acting, stops proliferative infl, stops infection)
      - Sx: not easy, esp. if incompenent cervix
      - NEED TO MAKE IT HEAL BUT NOT HEAL CLOSED