Evaluation of the bone injection gun as a method for intraosseous cannula placement for fluid therapy in adult dogs.

Objective: To evaluate the Bone Injection Gun (BIG) for placement of intraosseous cannulas through impact penetration and compare it with a standard Jamshidi bone marrow needle (JBMN) and to compare fluid delivery dynamics through each device.

Study Design: Randomized in vivo study.

Animals: Forty-eight mature dogs.

Clinical management of flail chest in dogs and cats: a retrospective study of 24 cases (1989-1999).

Cases of flail chest injury for 24 client-owned companion animals following various traumas were evaluated. Concurrently sustained injuries, initial emergency treatments, and definitive treatment and outcome for regimens that utilize stabilization of the flail segment were compared with cases treated with no stabilization. Flail chest was confirmed in 24 animals: 21 dogs and three cats.