Tamimi Naqa Saleh Mahdi, Wali Abdulraheem Abduljalil
Department of Internal and Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Wasit University, Iraq.
Department of Small Animal, Baghdad Veterinary Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq.
Vet World. 2019 Jul;12(7):1046-1051. doi: 10.14202/vetworld.2019.1046-1051. Epub 2019 Jul 16.
Police dogs in Iraq have been working mostly as explosive detectors since 2003. The health problems of these dogs are unique and have not been reported in literature. This investigation assessed the prevalence of health problems in Police dogs referred to Baghdad Veterinary Hospital during 2015-2017.
A total of 1220 police dogs that were referred to Baghdad Veterinary Hospital in 2015-2017 were studied. The dogs were mostly German Shepherd dogs (GSDs) or Belgian Malinois (BM), with an average age of 4.6 years. The dogs' health problems and some of their risk factors were studied.
Congestive heart failure (CHF), babesiosis, various malignancies, and intestinal parasites were the most commonly diagnosed health problems, followed by general aging, bronchopneumonia, otitis, nutritional deficiencies, and anemia. GSDs were more prone to CHF, while BM had more diagnoses of malignancies. Age was associated with both health conditions.
The presence of health problems in these working dogs highlights the need for a stricter and more organized preventive schedule to keep the dogs healthy and efficient at old age.
自2003年以来，伊拉克的警犬主要担任爆炸物探测器。这些警犬的健康问题较为独特，尚未见文献报道。本调查评估了2015年至2017年期间转诊至巴格达兽医医院的警犬的健康问题患病率。
对2015年至2017年期间转诊至巴格达兽医医院的1220只警犬进行了研究。这些警犬大多是德国牧羊犬（GSD）或比利时马林诺斯犬（BM），平均年龄为4.6岁。对这些警犬的健康问题及其一些风险因素进行了研究。
充血性心力衰竭（CHF）、巴贝斯虫病、各种恶性肿瘤和肠道寄生虫是最常诊断出的健康问题，其次是一般衰老、支气管肺炎、中耳炎、营养缺乏和贫血。德国牧羊犬更容易患充血性心力衰竭，而比利时马林诺斯犬的恶性肿瘤诊断更多。年龄与这两种健康状况都有关。
这些工作犬存在健康问题，这凸显了需要制定更严格、更有组织的预防计划，以使这些犬在老年时保持健康和高效。
