Temporal-spatial gait analysis by use of a portable walkway system in healthy Labrador Retrievers at a walk.

Objective: To establish a protocol to collect temporal-spatial gait analysis variables by use of a portable walkway system in Labrador Retrievers at a walk and to determine reference values.

Animals: 56 healthy Labrador Retrievers.

Procedures: 6 passes across the walkway (3 passes in each direction) were recorded.

Respiratory alkalosis and primary hypocapnia in Labrador Retrievers participating in field trials in high-ambient-temperature conditions.

Objective: To determine whether Labrador Retrievers participating in field trials develop respiratory alkalosis and hypocapnia primarily in conditions of high ambient temperatures.

Animals: 16 Labrador Retrievers.

Procedures: At each of 5 field trials, 5 to 10 dogs were monitored during a test (retrieval of birds over a variable distance on land [1,076 to 2,200 m]; 36 assessments); ambient temperatures ranged from 2.

Physical agent modalities.

The purpose of this article is to review the use of cold, heat, therapeutic ultrasound, and electrical stimulation in small animal rehabilitation. The material in this article is a compilation from the veterinary and hu-man literature. Additional information is needed on how to adapt the techniques used in human beings to small animals and then to establish the efficacy of these techniques in animals.

Muscle disorders and rehabilitation in canine athletes.

Muscle disorders associated with physical exertion in human athletes include delayed-onset muscle soreness, muscle strain, muscle tears, rhabdomyolysis, and acute and chronic compartment syndromes. Given that the structure of muscle is similar among different species, it is reasonable to expect that dogs experience the same phenomena. This article focuses on several of the muscle disorders of bird dogs, namely, coccygeal muscle injury and infraspinatus muscle contracture, and on those of dogs involved in tracking-obedience-protection training, namely, fibrotic myopathy, with an additional discussion of muscle strain.