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Transarticular pinning was used for the repair of hip dislocation in 40 dogs. The mean follow-up period was 18.4 months. Satisfactory results were achieved in 80% of the cases. Body weight, ipsilateral femoral head fracture, and hip dysplasia appeared to affect long-term prognosis. The most frequent complication was pin breakage, but this did not affect final outcome and could be avoided by using pins of larger diameter. Osteonecrosis was observed in two cases.
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Dog Diseases/surgery , Hip Dislocation/veterinary , Animals , Body Weight , Dog Diseases/complications , Dog Diseases/diagnostic imaging , Dogs , Femur Head/injuries , Follow-Up Studies , Hip Dislocation/complications , Hip Dislocation/diagnostic imaging , Hip Dislocation/surgery , Hip Dysplasia, Canine/complications , Hip Fractures/complications , Hip Fractures/veterinary , Humans , Osteoarthritis/complications , Osteoarthritis/veterinary , Postoperative Complications , Prognosis , Radiography , Retrospective Studies , Time FactorsABSTRACT
Review of 484 records for colony Beagles revealed an association between hypothyroidism and diabetes mellitus. The average time between first notation of hypothyroidism and later development of diabetes mellitus was 2.8 years. An association was also made with hypothyroidism, renal amyloidosis, and thrombosis. Hypothyroidism was significantly related to thrombosis, thrombosis was significantly related to renal amyloidosis, but hypothyroidism and renal amyloidosis were not significantly related. Of 62 hypothyroid dogs, 11 were diabetic and 7 others had thrombosis. Six hypothyroid dogs had renal amyloidosis, 4 of which had thrombosis. One dog had renal amyloidosis and thrombosis in the absence of hypothyroidism. There does not appear to be an association with any of the lesions and previous low-dose, whole-body gamma, or sham irradiation.
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Amyloidosis/veterinary , Diabetes Mellitus/veterinary , Dog Diseases/complications , Hypothyroidism/veterinary , Kidney Diseases/veterinary , Thrombophlebitis/veterinary , Amyloidosis/etiology , Animals , Diabetes Mellitus/etiology , Diabetes Mellitus/pathology , Dog Diseases/etiology , Dog Diseases/pathology , Dogs , Female , Hypothyroidism/complications , Hypothyroidism/pathology , Islets of Langerhans/pathology , Kidney Diseases/etiology , Male , Pituitary Gland/pathology , Thrombophlebitis/etiologyABSTRACT
An elderly male Poodle was presented with haematuria, syncopy, a heart murmur and varying other symptoms which were all treated unsuccessfully. They were linked on post-mortem examination to a widely disseminated metastatic malignant haemangioendothelioma.
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Dog Diseases/complications , Heart Failure/veterinary , Hemangioendothelioma/veterinary , Animals , Dogs , Electrocardiography , Heart Failure/etiology , Hemangioendothelioma/complications , Hemangioendothelioma/pathology , MaleABSTRACT
Fifty-three dogs with spontaneously occurring tumors were evaluated for abnormalities in the concentration and in vivo survival of platelets and fibrinogen. Thrombocytopenia occurred only in animals with extensive tumor involving spleen or marrow. Platelet survival was shortened in 6 of 15 (40%) dogs with localized tumor [mean 4.4 days +/- 0.3 (S.E.); normal 5.4 days +/- 0.1] and 30 of 35 (80%) dogs with metastatic tumor (mean 3.2 days +/- 0.2). Platelet survival progressively shortened during studies performed in dogs with ongoing disease. Fibrinogen concentration was increased (mean 420 +/- 30 mg/dl) in 44 of 53 (83%) of tumor-bearing dogs (normal 210 +/- 10 mg/dl). Neither history nor extent of disease, including presence of hepatic metastases, appeared to influence fibrinogen concentration significantly. Fibrinogen survival was below the normal range in 3 of 15 (20%) dogs with localized tumor and in 9 of 34 (26%) dogs with metastatic tumors. Thus, platelet consumption appeared to be the most significant hemostatic abnormality in tumor-bearing dogs. This model may be useful in evaluating the efficiency of antithrombotic therapy in preventing tumor-related hemostatic abnormalities.
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Blood Platelets , Dog Diseases/blood , Fibrinogen/metabolism , Neoplasms/veterinary , Adenocarcinoma/veterinary , Animals , Dog Diseases/complications , Dogs , Kinetics , Neoplasm Metastasis/prevention & control , Neoplasms/blood , Neoplasms/complications , Platelet Count , Sarcoma/veterinary , Thrombocytopenia/complications , Thrombosis/complications , Thrombosis/therapy , Time FactorsSubject(s)
Dog Diseases/diagnosis , Hyperlipoproteinemias/veterinary , Pancreatitis/veterinary , Retinal Diseases/veterinary , Animals , Dog Diseases/complications , Dogs , Hyperlipoproteinemias/complications , Hyperlipoproteinemias/diagnosis , Male , Pancreatitis/complications , Pancreatitis/diagnosis , Retinal Diseases/complications , Retinal Diseases/diagnosisABSTRACT
Naturally occurring or iatrogenic hyperadrenocorticism was associated with myopathy in six dogs. One dog had muscle weakness and muscle atrophy but normal electromyographic findings. Five dogs had muscle stiffness, proximal appendicular muscle enlargement, and myotonic discharges on electromyography. Histologic, electron microscopic, and histochemical findings in the musculature of dogs that were examined were characteristic of noninflammatory degenerative myopathy. Clinical signs of the myopathy improved to varying degrees in five dogs that were treated for the hyperadrenocorticism.
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Cushing Syndrome/veterinary , Dog Diseases/pathology , Muscular Diseases/veterinary , Animals , Cushing Syndrome/complications , Cushing Syndrome/metabolism , Cushing Syndrome/pathology , Dog Diseases/complications , Dog Diseases/metabolism , Dogs , Female , Male , Muscular Diseases/complications , Muscular Diseases/metabolism , Muscular Diseases/pathology , Myotonia/pathologyABSTRACT
A diagnosis of vertebral multiple myeloma, based on radiographic evidence of osteolytic lesions and the finding of monoclonal paraprotein and large numbers of plasma cells in bone marrow biopsies, was made in a mature Doberman Pinscher. The abnormal serum paraprotein was a cryoglobulin of the immunoglobulin A class. Neurologic signs associated with the tumor included pain, progressive pelvic limb paresis, and paraplegia that developed during a 6-week period.
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Cryoglobulins , Dog Diseases/complications , Immunoglobulin A , Multiple Myeloma/complications , Multiple Myeloma/veterinary , Paraproteinemias/veterinary , Spinal Cord Neoplasms/veterinary , Animals , Dogs , Female , Neurologic Manifestations , Paraproteinemias/complications , Spinal Cord Neoplasms/complicationsSubject(s)
Cat Diseases/complications , Dog Diseases/complications , Skin Manifestations , Animals , Cats , DogsSubject(s)
Adrenocortical Hyperfunction/veterinary , Cushing Syndrome/veterinary , Dog Diseases/etiology , Skin Manifestations , Adrenal Cortex Function Tests , Adrenalectomy/veterinary , Adrenocortical Hyperfunction/complications , Adrenocortical Hyperfunction/diagnosis , Adrenocortical Hyperfunction/etiology , Adrenocortical Hyperfunction/metabolism , Adrenocortical Hyperfunction/therapy , Animals , Dog Diseases/complications , Dogs , Female , Gastrointestinal Diseases/veterinary , Glucocorticoids/blood , Hematologic Diseases/veterinary , Hydrocortisone/blood , Hypophysectomy/veterinary , Immunity , Male , Metabolic Diseases/veterinary , Neurologic Manifestations , Steroids/urine , Water-Electrolyte BalanceSubject(s)
Bone Neoplasms/veterinary , Dog Diseases/complications , Femoral Fractures/veterinary , Osteosarcoma/veterinary , Tibial Fractures/veterinary , Animals , Bone Neoplasms/etiology , Dog Diseases/etiology , Dogs , Female , Femoral Fractures/complications , Male , Osteosarcoma/etiology , Tibial Fractures/complications , Wound HealingABSTRACT
Heartworm diseases in dogs is an infectious disease that produces pulmonary hypertension. Dogs with the early vascular changes of heartworm disease, but without the clinical cardiopulmonary signs and pulmonary hypertension, were studied. Dogs with early heartworm were identified that had an exaggerated hypertensive response to hypoxia and to postaglandin F2alpha as compared to those of normal dogs. The pulmonary hypertensive response of dogs with spontaneous heartworm disease varied widely between individuals.
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Dirofilariasis/veterinary , Dog Diseases/complications , Hypertension, Pulmonary/veterinary , Animals , Blood Pressure/drug effects , Cardiac Output/drug effects , Dirofilariasis/complications , Dogs , Hypertension, Pulmonary/etiology , Hypoxia/physiopathology , Oxygen/pharmacology , Prostaglandins F/pharmacology , Pulmonary Artery/drug effects , Pulmonary Circulation/drug effects , Vascular Resistance/drug effectsSubject(s)
Amyloidosis/complications , Disease Models, Animal , Dogs , Hematopoiesis , Amyloidosis/pathology , Animals , Dog Diseases/complications , Dog Diseases/pathology , Hematologic Diseases/complications , Hematologic Diseases/pathology , Humans , Lymphoid Tissue/pathology , Splenic Diseases/pathologySubject(s)
Dog Diseases/diagnostic imaging , Foreign Bodies/veterinary , Foreign-Body Migration/veterinary , Heart Atria , Heart Injuries/veterinary , Heart Ventricles , Wounds, Gunshot/veterinary , Animals , Dog Diseases/complications , Dogs , Female , Foreign-Body Migration/diagnostic imaging , Foreign-Body Migration/etiology , Heart Injuries/complications , Heart Injuries/diagnostic imaging , Male , Radiography , Wounds, Gunshot/complications , Wounds, Gunshot/diagnostic imagingSubject(s)
Dog Diseases , Nephritis/veterinary , Animals , Blood Proteins/analysis , Complement C3/analysis , Creatine/blood , Dog Diseases/complications , Dog Diseases/etiology , Dog Diseases/metabolism , Dogs , Glomerulonephritis/immunology , Glomerulonephritis/veterinary , Hematuria , Immune Complex Diseases , Immunoglobulin G/analysis , Kidney/pathology , Leptospirosis/veterinary , Nephritis, Interstitial/blood , Nephritis, Interstitial/microbiology , Nephritis, Interstitial/veterinary , Nephrotic Syndrome/veterinary , Proteinuria , Pyelonephritis , Uremia , Vesico-Ureteral Reflux/veterinaryABSTRACT
Brucella infections in dogs were caused by the more frequent strains of brucellae i.e. Br. abortus, Br. suis, and Br. melitensis. Since 1966 it is known that in dog colonies, mostly beagle, in the United States, a new brucella species caused infections. This species was called Br. canis. The infection showed similar effects with dogs as the other brucellae with other domestic animals. With the dogs abortions occurred on the 40th to 50th day of gestation and the infection often resulted in sterility. In 1973 the author detected Br. canis for the first time in Europe; shortly afterwards the same bacteria was isolated in Japan. It is known how the disease spread to Japan, but how it came to Europe is still a mystery. Here it was first detected in a beagle colony with approximately 200 animals used for breeding. Within a few months the disease spread in the colony and finally the birthrate of inseminated bitches was only 29%; 50% had abortions and the rest had not conceived. In this communication characteristics of Br. canis are discussed.