A variety of direct or indirect violence can cause fractures in dogs. Such as falling, running, twisting and flashing when jumping, heavy objects rolling, muscle traction, sudden and intense contraction, etc., can all cause fractures.
1. Causes of dog fractures:
1. Various direct or indirect violence can cause fractures in dogs. Such as falling, running, twisting and flashing when jumping, heavy objects rolling, muscle traction, sudden and intense contraction, etc., can all cause fractures.
2. In puppies with rickets, osteosclerosis, etc., they often suffer from long bone fractures in the limbs even if the external force is not very effective.
2. Clinical symptoms of dog fracture:
1. The unique symptoms of fracture are: deformation, displacement at both ends of the fracture (such as angular displacement, longitudinal axis displacement, lateral displacement, rotation displacement, etc.), and the affected limb is in abnormal positions such as shortening, bending, and extension.
2. The second is abnormal activities. For example, when the affected limb is loaded or passively moved, abnormal activities such as flexion and rotation occur (but the fractures of the ribs and vertebrae are not obvious). Bone friction sounds can be heard at the bone fracture end.
3. Symptoms such as bleeding, swelling, pain and dysfunction can be seen.
4. Open fractures are often accompanied by major trauma, bleeding and bone fragments of soft tissue. At this time, the diseased dog has obvious systemic symptoms, such as refusal to eat, pain and anxiety, and sometimes body temperature rises.
3. Preventive measures for dog fractures:
1. Carry out emergency rescue at the onset to prevent the fracture end of the fracture from being displaced or serious complications when moving the sick dog. Emergency aid includes: one is to stop bleeding, ligate and stop bleeding with bandages, cloth strips, ropes, etc. above the wound, apply broken wine to the affected area, and sprinkle iodine-like sulfonamide powder inside; the other is to temporarily bandage and fix the fracture and immediately send it to the veterinary clinic for treatment.
2. Take a horizontal lie on Baoding and recover under local anesthesia. When the fracture of the limb is displaced, the assistant can be pulled along the axial distal end of the limb to straighten the displaced fracture so that the two fracture ends are properly reset. At this time, you should pay attention to whether the limbs are normal and whether the two limbs are the same length.
3. Perform general cleaning of the affected areas of non-open fractures. After the general treatment of open fractures, the wound is covered with iodine-like sulfonamide powder and then fixed with gypsum bandage or small splint. When fixing, cotton or cotton pads should be filled to prevent friction. After fixation, try to minimize exercise. You can exercise appropriately after 3 to 4 weeks. Generally, bandages and splints can be removed after 40 to 60 days.
4. You can take bone grafting medicine (Yunnan Baiyao, etc.) and feed animal auxin, calcium tablets and cod liver oil. For dogs suffering from open fractures, antibiotics and tetanus antitoxins can be used to prevent infection.