Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog develops infection after back surgery for spinal stenosis
By Kent, Marc et al.·Published in The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne·2017·Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery (Kent, United States·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Post-operativesurgical site infection in a dog.
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Plain-English summary
A 6-year-old German Shepherd developed an infection at the site of surgery after undergoing a procedure for back problems. The infection was linked to a type of bacteria found in the dog's raw meat diet. The veterinarian treated the infection, and the dog was monitored for recovery. With appropriate care, the dog was able to heal from the infection following the surgery.
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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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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28878417/