Treatment of Mucopurulent Endometritis in a Rhesus Monkey: A Case Study

U.T., Naoman; E.H., Lazim; B.D., Alwattar; A.K., Ali; H.U., Ghanim; K.W., Shrn

doi:10.21608/javs.2022.117127.1121

Treatment of Mucopurulent Endometritis in a Rhesus Monkey: A Case Study

Document Type : Case Study

Authors

¹ Assistant professor of animal Theriogenology, reproduction and artificial insemination, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Mosul, Iraq.

² Department of Surgery and Theriogenology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

10.21608/javs.2022.117127.1121

Abstract

This report describes the treatment of Mucopurulent Endometritis in a Rhesus monkey. The involved she-monkey was three years old and weighing five kg body weight lived as a home animal, brought by the owner to the clinic of the College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Mosul. Clinical and Ultrasonography examinations diagnosed the presence of Mucopurulent discharge as refers to Mucopurulent Endometritis. Treatment was done by using estrogen and oxytocin hormones to local and systemic treatment with antibiotics. Ten days later, the owner reported that the monkey was doing well and accepted mating again and when reexamined, she showed complete healing of the uterus.

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Main Subjects

Theriogenelogy

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