Application of a temporary palatal prosthesis in a puppy suffering from cleft palate

A 3-month-old Schnauzer was presented with congenital defects of the secondary palate. On the clinical examination, coughing, sneezing, drainage of nasal discharge from the external nares and poor growth were found. Vital signs and results of blood examination were within normal ranges. Thoracic radiography revealed mild pneumonia in the right lung lobes. In a puppy suffering from cleft palates, a palatal prosthesis was applied to the hard palate in order to protect the surgical wound, because a routine surgery was not successful. A palatal prosthesis was applied and held in place using the instant glue and plastic bands to protect the surgical wound following the third repeated surgery. Although a small oronasal fistula still remained, there was no functional defect. This prosthesis was easy to apply and helpful to protect the surgical wound. In addition, this implant could be placed or adjusted without or sedation/anesthesia.

Left costocervical vein malformation with anomalous ramification of aortic arch in a dog

This report describes coexistence of anomalous branches of the aortic arch and the costocervical vein malformation in a German shepherd dog. The first branch of the aortic arch was a bicarotid trunk that divided into the left and right common carotid arteries. The next branch to leave the aortic arch was a common trunk for the right and left subclavian arteries, a bisubclavian trunk, which was immediately bifurcated. The right subclavian artery passed over the esophagus forming a deep groove, so-called incomplete vascular ring on the dorsal wall of the esophagus. Although the esophagus was constricted by the right subclavian artery dorsally and by the trachea ventrally, no clinical symptoms of esophageal obstruction and dysphagia were observed. The left costocervical vein coursed caudoventrally, passed over the aortic arch, and entered the left ventricle. This vessel was much smaller than the right costocervical vein and was partially occluded at its origin.

Hidrocefalia congênita em cäo: revisäo de literatura e relato de caso clínico / Congenital hydrocephalus in dog: revision of literature and report of a clinical case

Os autores fazem uma abordagem sucinta de aspectos fisiopatológicos e clínicos da hidrocefalia, e descrevem um caso de hidrocefalia congênita em um cäo de 50 dias da raça Chihuahua. O animal apresentava alteraçöes comportamentais, ataxia generalizada, queda, rolamento, tremores de intençäo e uma grande dilataçäo da cabeça. Radiografias contrastadas demonstraram uma grande dilataçäo dos ventrículos laterais. Ao exame histopatológico constatou-se que a arquitetura cerebral encontrava-se preservada, porém, com uma cortical bastante reduzida devido a uma atrofia por compressäo. Cortes seriados do diencéfalo e tronco cerebral demonstraram que o terceiro ventrículo e o aqueduto mesencefálico näo se encontravam dilatados. O exame histopatológico revelou sinais de inflamaçäo ou estenose mas, de acordo com as observaçöes macroscópicas, foi possível inferir que a malformaçäo estaria ao nível de forames interventriculares