A 6-year-old intact male Cane Corso dog weighing 40 kg with a 2-month history of dysuria, dyschezia, anorexia, intermittent panting, and penile discharge presented to the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital of Jeju National University. Examination revealed a giant paraprostatic cyst (PPC) that...

An Enterococcus faecium strain was obtained from a paraprostatic cyst of a 17-year-old dog in Greece. Antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST) was accomplished by disc diffusion and MIC methods, and the isolate demonstrated a multidrug-resistant (MDR) phenotype against a great variety of...

This paper reports on a case of prostate cancer in a 10-year-old neutered male European cat in France which was referred for dysuria that had been evolving for several weeks, without improvement despite the medical treatment put in place (non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs and antibiotic...

Prostatic neoplasms are extremely relevant in the veterinary routine, since the conditions that affect this organ, which is the only accessory sex gland in dogs, have a high degree of malignancy and are locally invasive. The incidence of prostatic neoplasia is low, with middle-aged and elderly...

In small animal practice, prostatic diseases are increasingly encountered. All dogs may experience prostatic disease, but there should be particular attention to breeding dogs, as prostatic disease may decrease semen quality and fertility. The most common prostatic disease is benign prostatic...

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine whether prostatic aspirate culture is a superior method to detect infection compared to culture of urine collected by cystocentesis in dogs with prostatic neoplasia. Materials and Methods: A prospective study was conducted and dogs with...

Background: In male dogs, uroepithelial cancers include invasive urothelial carcinoma (iUC) and prostate carcinoma (PCA). The inability to distinguish iUC involving the prostate from PCA results in indiscriminate clinical management strategies that could be suboptimal as first-line chemotherapy for ...

Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is the most common prostate disorder in non-neutered dogs and is often caused by androgenic stimulation or changes in the ratio of androgen to estrogen. Also, it is commonly seen in neutered older dogs. Clinical signs may not be presented, but persistent or...

Prostatic diseases are very common in male dogs, accounting for 3-10% of cases submitted to the veterinary practitioners. Commonly reported canine prostatic disorders include prostatic hyperplasia, prostatitis, prostatic cysts and prostatic carcinoma. However, clinical signs may be non-specific,...

Dogs have a superior olfactory system; thus, they have been trained and used to detect various nonbiological and biological scents. In addition, many studies have recently reported dogs' ability to detect the odor of certain cancers or cancer cells. A previous study documented that a dog trained to ...