Diagnosis of canine prostatic disease - histopathological characteristics of canine prostate according to the age

Sixty seven male and intact dogs were grouped according to the age in three groups: 1 - 3 years (group), 4 - 6 years (group B) and above of seven years (group C). Ten animals with alterations in parenchyma prostate evaluated by ultrasonography had been grouped separately (group D) independently of the age. Part of the animals was submitted to the transabdominal ultrasonography and biopsy (25 animals) and another part to transrectal ultrasonography and extirpation of the gland after necropsy (42 animals). The ultrasonographic exam was easy execution, as well as the biopsy. The alterations in the size and parenchyma prostate seen by sonograms had been confirmed in the hystopathological examination. The hystopathologic exam showed that all the dogs from 4 years present alteration of the prostate, most frequently the prostate hyperplasia. The majority of the animals presented more than one form of disease simultaneously. Abacterial prostatitis is frequent in adult dogs.