We've had a few weird cases in recently, but this one wins the prize.
This young dog had been running in the woods, left her owners behind, and then gave a huge yelp. The owners found her standing against a tree hold up a back leg. Seems fairly straight forward so far!
Quick exam - one leg shorter than the other. Breathing a bit fast, how's the colour? Ooooh, bit pale. Very sore though, could be pain and shock. First things first, lets break out the painkillers. Another poke and a prod to check for other injuries showed up a bit of crackly skin over the ribs. Air under there is a bad plan!
A few x-rays later we found a broken pelvis, 4 broken ribs and a collapsed lung. And no clues as to how this happened.
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- The ramblings of a vet(!) in the real world. As usual everything in this blog is my opinion alone and is not the view of any institution etc. I've changed the names, times and places of everything related to clinical work to preserve privacy.
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A run-in with some wildlife (startled deer maybe)??
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