Retrospective Studies on Long Bone Fracture in Dogs and Cats

Abstract

A total of 160 dogs and 56 cats diagnosed with long bone fractures which represents (3.5%) and (1.5%) respectively of population of 4625 dogs and 3712 cats admitted to the Clinic of Surgery and Orthopedics at Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Animal Hospital, Cairo University and some private veterinary clinics from year 2017 to 2020 were recorded in this study. In 13 of 49 breeds of dogs, including mongrels, represented in our clinical sample of patients’ predisposition to long bone fractures of the limbs was confirmed. The present study showed that, fractures were most commonly found in medium sized mongrel breed dogs followed by German shepherd. The variation of incidence of bone fractures in different breeds of dogs may be related to owner living regions/countries which may differ in behavior/life styles in the different countries . In these results, the high incidence of bone fractures was more in dogs with body weight 10-25 kg. This was probably related to body weight of mongrel breed’s dogs. Concerning the breeds variations in cats, cross breed (55.4%) was the most commonly affected in our study, followed by Persian, Himalayan, Siamese and Egyptian Mau (1.8%). In relation to genders, the present study revealed that, the male dogs and cats are more prone to fracture in comparison to female dogs. The fractures were recorded in age group from 1 month to 14 years. During the present observation period Juvenile dogs falling in the age group of 1-6 months showed highest occurrence of fracture followed by young adult, mature adult and elder while in cats young adult were the most affected age followed by juvenile, mature adult and elder Concerning the fractured limb prevalence in this study, the incidence of fractures