Discoespondilitis deformante en canino macho de raza American Pitbull Terrier de 15 años de edad.

Abstract

Deforming disc spondylosis is a spinal condition, which involves the interverteral discs and the vertebrae adjacent to the injury, causing damage such as osteolysis of the vertebrae and widening of the vertebral spaces. The following work describes the case of a 15-year-old male canine patient of the American PitBull Terrier breed, brown color weighing 24.6 kg, the owner reports that the canine does not walk, refuses to move and Ehrlichiosis canine Upon inspection, pale mucous membranes and capillary filling time of 3 seconds were observed, claudication of the right hind limb, pain on palpation of the spine, weakness of the posterior train; Therefore, it is decided to perform laboratory tests such as the hemoleukogram which shows a marked thrombocytopenia and other 9 complementary tests such as blood biochemistry, finding a slight alteration in the liver function test, X-rays are taken in a lateral-lateral projection of the spine where he looks for alterations compatible with deforming discoespondylotis with dilation of the intervertebral spaces and osteolysis in the bodies of the vertebrae L2 - L7 and T6-T7, therefore it was decided to establish treatment with anti-inflammatory analgesics and cartilage protectors, the evolution of the patient could not be evaluated due to nonattendance at the controls.