OBSERVATIONS ON THE THERAPY OF THE PROSTA TE SYNDROME OF OLDER DOGS

The treatment of the ''prostate syndrome'' is a great challenge for th e practicing veterinarian In the present paper the therapeutic approac h of this syndrome will be evaluated. 58 older dogs showing this syndr ome Here castrated and received thereafter oral antibiotic therapy. Fo r further additional treatment the dogs were assigned to two groups. T he groups were treated as follows: Group one: 41 dogs were treated wit h retard Gestagen and Flumethason infiltrated into the prostate gland tissue. Group two: 17 dogs were treated with a single subcutaneously a pplied Gestagen injection. The success of the therapy was judged by de crease the size of the prostate gland to normal size. The first evalua tion took place after 2 weeks and the second one after a year followin g castration and treatment. At the time of the first judgement 95.1% o f the dogs in the group one and 70.6% in the group two showed normal p rostate gland size. At the time of the second examination, a year afte r the treatment still 82.8% of the dogs in the group one and only 52.8 % in the group two showed normal prostate gland size. These results su ggest that the infiltration of the enlarged prostate gland with retard acting Gestagen and Flumethason results in long lasting diminishing o f size of the diseased gland.