Poisoning of dogs in the Republic of Macedonia- Pathomorphological changes and the impact on animal welfare
Ivica Gjurovski
*
,
Monika Dovenska
,
Aleksandar Janevski
,
Trpe Ristoski
Received: 28 January 2018
Received in revised form: 23 March 2018
Accepted: 27 March 2018
Available Online First: 17 April 2018
Published on: 15 October 2018
Correspondence: Ivica Gjurovski, igjurovski@fvm.ukim.edu.mk
Abstract
The illegal poisoning of dogs and other domestic and wild animals presents a worldwide problem causing animal suffering and R. Macedonia is not an exeption. The goal of this study is to make a comparison of the results from the histopathological examination conducted among poisoned dogs in the Republic of Macedonia. Morphological and histopathological changes in poisoned dogs were investigated for a period of 10 years. The examination was performed on 31 dogs, 13 of which were home kept, 7 were street dogs and 11 of unknown origin. The most significant necropsy findings concerned the inflammatory and necrotic processes of the gastrointestinal tract. The histopathological changes were mainly located in the kidneys, stomach, intestines and the lungs.
Keywords: poisoning, dog, histopathology, welfare
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© 2018 Gjurovski I. This is an open-access article published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Conflict of Interest Statement
The authors declared that they have no potential conflict of interest with respect to the authorship and/or publication of this article.
Citation Information
Macedonian Veterinary Review. Volume 41, Issue 2, Pages 203-207, p-ISSN 1409-7621, e-ISSN 1857-7415, DOI: 10.2478/macvetrev-2018-0014, 2018
10.2478/macvetrev-2018-0014
