摘要
The observation study was conducted in Battambang City,Battambang province,by interviewing the 88 dog owners,who came to the animal pharmacy stores and clinics by using convenience sampling method of nonrandomized sampling.Though the results of the interviews,showed that the dog owners were selected in different range of age and gender,however,most of them were in middle age from 21-40 years old,with medium and rich living wellbeing.The confinement in premise/house was primarily applied by dog owners.The number of bitches per household was from 1 to 3 batches,and there was no association with the wellbeing of the owners,and the age was from 2 to 4 years old,but some bitches had older age.Most of the bitches were dewormed in last 3 months and 6 months,however,there were some bitches last more than 6 months after deworming.The bitch vaccination was applied by owner around for 60.00%.There were two popular types of vaccination,Rabies and DHLPP(Distemper,Hepatitis,Leptospirosis,Parvovirus,and Parainfluenza).For dog population management,about 94.29%of the owners apply nonsurgical method with applying medicine.The reasons for using nonsurgical method were not only the cheapest price and easy way,but also there was no information on the consequence of using medication for birth control.The medication was highly used before heat.But,almost half of them got health problem in less than 3 months after administration,also some got long-term effect.Among clinical signs observed,the enlargement of belly was the most evidence,since 54.76%of affected bitches had shown it,then followed by discharge blood from vulvar,clear discharge and thick white pus from vulvar,accounting for 38.10%,35.71%and 26.71%,respectively.
