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Clinical investigation of the lame dog
Author(s) -
BARR A. R. S.,
HOULTON J. E. F.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1988.tb02169.x
Subject(s) - medicine , palpation , suspect , lameness , gait , clinical practice , disease , physical medicine and rehabilitation , physical therapy , pathology , surgery , political science , law
Lameness is a common clinical problem in the dog and a proportion of cases present problems in diagnosis. A systematic approach to their investigation involves history taking, observation of gait and inspection, palpation and manipulation of the suspect limb or limbs. This should allow the clinician to localise and, in many cases, characterise the problem in terms of the likely underlying disease process. This knowledge will then allow recommendations to be made as to the employment of ancillary diagnostic aids.