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| Libardoni,Renato do Nascimento; Serafini,Gabriele Maria Callegaro; Oliveira,Carla de; Schimites,Paula Ivanir; Chaves,Rafael Oliveira; Feranti,João Pedro Scussel; Costa,Cesar Augusto Soares; Amaral,Anne Santos do; Raiser,Alceu Gaspar; Soares,André Vasconcelos. |
| ABSTRACT: Orthopedic diseases are common in dogs and cats, especially, those caused by traumatic injury. Overall, among the significant changes in this group, the fractures are the major cause of pain and dysfunction in dogs of all ages, sizes and breeds. Therefore, a retrospective study of dogs examined between January 2004 and December 2013 at the University Veterinary Hospital of Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, was conducted aiming to identify and determine the prevalence of appendicular fractures caused by trauma and characterizing the population/etiology. In a population of 1,200 dogs with suspected traumatic orthopedic diseases in the locomotor system, 955 (79.6%) had appendicular fractures. Of the dogs 23.5% had fractures on the femur (n=225),... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Orthopedics; Retrospective study; Appendicular fractures; Bones; Dog.. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782016000300542 |
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