author(s)
Vishnurahav RB, Ajithkumar S, Usha Narayana Pillai, Madhvan Unny N, John Martin KD and Aravindakshan TV

abstract
The occurrence of cardiac diseases varies with different geographical locations according to the availability of breeds in their locality. The present report deals with the occurrence of different cardiac diseases in dogs presented to Teaching Veterinary Clinical Complex, Mannuthy. The study was carried out in the Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, Ethics Jurisprudence, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy during the period July, 2015 to July 2017. The overall occurrence of different cardiac diseases in dogs were 28.07 percent in the studied population. High occurrence of cardiac diseases were atrioventricular valvular diseases (45.6 percent) followed by dilated cardiomyopathy (43.85 percent). Male dogs were found to be dominating in the occurrence of cardiac diseases than females during the study period.