Endocardiosis and other heart disease in greyhounds.
Gross and microscopic lesions of heart disease in 230 greyhounds were recorded. The most common lesion was endcardiosis, which occurred in 24 (10.4%) of the greyhounds. Other heart lesions included endocardial fibrosis, myocardial necrosis, ossification of the aortic fibrous ring, and abscesses of the right atrium. Although females weighed less and had lighter hearts, body weights, heart weights and heart:body weight ratios did not differ between greyhounds with or without endocardiosis.
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Department of Pathology and Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan 66506, USA.
D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000473:pathology; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D004285:Dogs; D004699:Endocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D009336:Necrosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary