Summary

A case of vaginal hyperplasia type III in a bitch during oestrus was reported in a 10-month female Turkish Kangal. Surgical excision of prolapsed fold was performed by means of a modified operative technique. No recurrence of the hyperplasia has observed during the subsequent oestrus. Key words: bitch, operative excision, vaginal hyperplasia Vaginal hyperplasia, also known as vagi-nal hypertrophy, oestral hypertrophy, vaginal eversion and vaginal protrusion, is an eversion of oedematous vaginal tis-sue into the vaginal lumen or its prolapse through the vulva in bitches (Manotha-iudom & Johnston, 1991). This condition could be observed during prooestrus and oestrus (Johnston et al., 2001). It is re-lated to the physiological increase in oes-trogen levels in bitches during the follicu-lar stage of the oestrus (Post et al., 1991, Kochankov et al., 1998). Vaginal prolapse has been also described in a bitch treated with oestradiol benzoate in order to induce oestrus (Sarrafzadeh-Rezaei et al., 2008). The condition is more frequently de-scribed in brachycephalic breeds, Drat