Cervical intervertebral disc disease in 60 Yorkshire terriers

Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Veterinary Science

Diane Lu¹  Robert Srnec²  Lucie Urbanova²  Alois Necas²  Ladislav Stehlik³  Viktor Palus⁴ 

[1] CityU Veterinary Medical Centre, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China;Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Veterinary Sciences Brno, Brno, Czechia;Neurovet, Trencin, Slovakia;Neurovet, Trencin, Slovakia;Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Veterinary Sciences Brno, Brno, Czechia;

关键词: cervical intervertebral disc extrusion;    canine;    ventral slot;    outcome;    prevalence;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fvets.2023.1148802

 received in 2023-01-20, accepted in 2023-04-26,  发布年份 2023

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Intervertebral disc extrusion (IVDE) is a common neurological condition in many dog breeds. This study aimed to describe this condition in Yorkshire terriers (YT) and calculate the prevalence of this condition amongst the YTs with neurological diseases. This is a double-centre retrospective study which was conducted in two arms. The first part of the study, describing the clinical features and prognosis of cervical (C) IVDE in YTs, is based on data from 2005 to 2021. The second part of the study calculated the prevalence of C IVDE amongst the YTs with neurological diseases based on data from 2016 to 2021. A retrospective search through the medical records was conducted. YTs with C IVDE diagnosed with MRI and confirmed surgically were eligible for inclusion in this study. Sixty YTs were included in the first part of the study. There were 48 (80%) dogs with acute onset and 12 (20%) with chronic onset with acute deterioration. Ambulation was preserved in 31 (51.7%) dogs on admission, and the remaining 29 (48.3%) dogs were non-ambulatory. No significant association was found between ambulation on admission and recovery status (p = 0.547). Seventy-three intervertebral spaces were treated during the surgical intervention. Relapses were seen in seven (11.7%) dogs. Forty-nine (81.7%) dogs were ambulatory at discharge. A complete recovery was observed in 46 (76.7%) dogs; the remaining dogs (14, 23.3%) were classified as incomplete recovery. A significant difference was found in time to ambulation (p = 0.0238) and time to discharge (p = 0.0139) between the on-admission ambulatory and non-ambulatory dogs. Three hundred and eight YTs were diagnosed with neurological diseases between 2016 and 2021 in one referral centre. C IVDE was diagnosed in 31 (10.06%) dogs. This is the first study explicitly describing the C IVDE in YTs and establishing the prevalence of this condition amongst YTs with other neurological disorders.

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