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Avulsion of the tibial tuberosity in a litter of greyhound puppies.
- Source :
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The Journal of small animal practice [J Small Anim Pract] 1997 Oct; Vol. 38 (10), pp. 445-9. - Publication Year :
- 1997
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Abstract
- Avulsion of the tibial tuberosity was diagnosed in six of seven greyhound littermates aged five and a half months. The puppies showed hindlimb lameness of varying severity. Radiological assessment of affected stifle joints revealed partial or complete avulsion of the tibial tuberosities. In four puppies the lesions were bilateral. Euthanasia of the two most severely affected puppies was performed; the changes observed on histopathological examination of their cranioproximal tibiae suggested that the underlying lesion was that of osteochondrosis. A hereditary predisposition in greyhounds to osteochondrosis of the physis between the apophysis and the cranioproximal tibial diaphysis is postulated.
- Subjects :
- Animals
Dogs
Female
Lameness, Animal diagnostic imaging
Lameness, Animal etiology
Male
Osteochondritis complications
Osteochondritis diagnostic imaging
Osteochondritis pathology
Osteochondritis veterinary
Radiography
Tibial Fractures complications
Tibial Fractures diagnostic imaging
Tibial Fractures pathology
Dog Diseases diagnostic imaging
Dog Diseases pathology
Tibial Fractures veterinary
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0022-4510
- Volume :
- 38
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The Journal of small animal practice
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 9358404
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-5827.1997.tb03437.x