An eight-year-old male non-descript dog was presented to the College Hospital with a complaint of inability to stand up since the last one and a half month after it was hit by a motor cycle. It had been treated with systemic corticosteroids and B-complex vitamins. The hindlimbs were stiff and extended, though weak voluntary movements were possible in them. When made to sit the dog could not maintain its position and fell to the sides. Voluntary urination was present. Plain radiograph revealed that there was a mild abnormal dorsal curvature of the lumbar spinal column and the L2 and L3 vertebrae appeared to have healed compression fractures of their bodies. Methylprednisolone acetate was administered @ 2 mg/kg body wt. epidurally. When the dog was presented one week later it had become ambulatory though it had kyphosis of the lumbar spine and a stiff gait.
