Evaluation of vertical forces in the pads of Pitbulls with cranial cruciate ligament rupture.

Background: Cranial cruciate ligament rupture (CCLR) is one of the most important stifle injuries and a common cause of lameness in dogs. Our objective was to measure the vertical forces in the pads of Pitbulls with cranial cruciate ligament rupture (CCLR) using a pressure sensitive walkway. A pressure sensitive walkway was used to collect vertical force data from the pads of 10 Pitbulls affected with unilateral CCLR.

[Arthroscopic study of the elbow joint in dog cadavers].

Purpose: To study the arthroscopic technique of the elbow joint in dog cadavers. The possibility to see the intra articular structures, technical difficulties and complications which occurred during the procedure were analyzed.

Methods: ten dog's cadavers (twenty elbow joints) were examined.

Use of the scrotum as a transposition flap for closure of surgical wounds in three dogs.

Objective: To describe use of the scrotum as a pedicle flap to cover defects created by tumor excision in the perineum or caudal and medial aspect of the thigh.

Study Design: Clinical study.

Animals: Three dogs.