INTAS POLIVET
Open Access
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue: 2

Therapeutic Management of Masticatory Muscle Myositis in a Dog

  • Author:
  • C. Latha, J. Radhakrishna Rao
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 557 to 558

Veterinary Hospital, P.V. Narasimha Rao Telangana Veterinary University, Warangal-506007, Telangana

*Assistant Professor and Corresponding author: E-mail: drlatha276@gmail.com

Online published on 26 July, 2017.

Abstract

A Dalmatian cross dog was presented with history of trismus i.e. difficulty in opening the jaws and bilateral atrophy of masticatory muscles. The dog responded to treatment with Inj. Prednisolone acetate and was successfully managed.

Keywords

Autoimmune, canine myopathy, masticatory muscle myositis, trismus