Volume: 49 Issue: 2
Year: 2018, Page: 83-86,
Received: Nov. 7, 2017 Accepted: Nov. 30, 2017 Published: July 1, 2018
The present study was conducted in twenty-five dogs of different breeds presented to the University Veterinary Hospital and TVCC, Mannuthy with the complaints of cough, dyspnoea, exercise intolerance, weight loss, ascites, depression, lethargy, weakness, cyanosis and syncope. They were subjected to detailed clinical examination. Investigations included electrocardiography, radiography and blood pressure measurement.
Keywords: syncope, dyspnoea
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