1MVSc Scholar, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Dr GC Negi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSK Himachal Pradesh Agriculture University, Palampur-176 062 (HP)
2Professor, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Dr GC Negi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSK Himachal Pradesh Agriculture University, Palampur-176 062 (HP)
3Assitant Professor, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Dr GC Negi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSK Himachal Pradesh Agriculture University, Palampur-176 062 (HP)
The present study was conducted on 33 clinical cases of dogs with traumatic injuries of spine, which included 11 vertebral fractures, 10 vertebral dislocations, 10 vertebral fracturedislocations and 2 spinal concussions. The diagnosis was made on the basis of clinical, neurological and radiographic examinations. Some of the cases were subjected to conservative and surgical management including vertebral bone plating, external skeletal fixation and hemi laminectomies. Dogs with lower grades of spinal injuries along with minimum displacement of the spinal segments showed better recovery than those with the higher grades of spinal injuries.
Dogs, Spinal concussion, Spinal trauma, Vertebral dislocation, Vertebral fractures, Vertebral fracture-dislocations
