Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Post-operativesurgical site infection in a dog.
- Journal:
- The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne
- Year:
- 2017
- Authors:
- Kent, Marc et al.
- Affiliation:
- Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery (Kent · United States
- Species:
- dog
Abstract
Following decompressive surgery for degenerative lumbosacral stenosis, a 6-year-old German shepherd dog developed a subcutaneous infection at the surgical site and discospondylitis at the lumbosacral intervertebral disc.subsp.serotype Dublin was recovered from the surgical site.of a different serovar was isolated from a sample of the raw meat-based diet that the owner fed the dog.
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