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12-Year-Old Female Spayed Dalmatian

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6-Month-Old MI German Shepherd Dog

Signalment & History A 6 month old male intact German Shepherd Dog presents for acute lameness of the right pelvic limb after jumping out of the owner’s vehicle. Findings A well-defined, sharply marginated fracture line is seen extending from the caudal distal femoral metaphyseal cortex to…

7-Year-Old MN Border Collie

Signalment & History A 7 year old MN Border Collie presents for intermittent lameness of the right thoracic limb.       Findings Along the lateral and palmar aspects of the fifth metacarpal bone and the caudal aspect of the distal ulnar diaphysis there is a…

7.5-Year-Old MC Bulldog

Signalment & History This patient presents to your clinic for a geriatric wellness screening. The owner reports no issues at home other than the patient’s historic mild cough.   Findings Centered on the metaphyseal region of the right proximal humerus…

15-Year-Old Thoroughbred

Signalment & History This patient presents to your clinic for a 2 month history of unilateral epistaxis. Previous antifungal flush of the guttural pouch did not resolve clinical signs.   Findings Most evident on the dorsoventral projections, there is an ill-defined increase in soft…

3-Year-Old Quarterhorse gelding

Signalment & History This patient presents to your clinic for right pelvic limb lameness beginning 3 weeks ago and moderate distension in the right tarsus. You order right tarsal radiographs. Findings Associated with the medial trochlear…

3-Year-Old Female Spayed DSH

Signalment & History This patient presents to your clinic with pain and swelling in the right thigh, and one-week history of lameness. You order pelvis radiographs. Findings There is a smoothly marginated, ill-defined, transverse fracture of the proximal physis of the right femur with…

11-Year-Old Female SP Feline

Signalment & History This patient presents to your clinic to evaluate an angular limb deformity in the left thoracic limb. You order left radial/ulnar radiographs. Findings The radius is absent. There is moderate incongruity and osteophyte formation associated with humeroulnar joint. The distal ulna…

2-Year-Old Neutered Male Mixed Breed

Signalment & History This patient presents to your clinic for an intermittent lame on his right forelimb. His lameness presents after periods of resting or jumping and only persists for a few minutes before he is back to walking normally. You order right elbow radiographs.   Findings There is a…

7-Month-Old Intact Male German Shepherd

Signalment & History This patient presents to your clinic for a 10-day history of lethargy, decrease appetite, and lameness in the right thoracic limb. Owners reported a previous left thoracic limb lameness. You order Right elbow radiographs.   Findings There are multiple ill-defined areas of increased…