ABSTRACT
Physeal fractures are common musculoskeletal injuries in foals and should be included as a differential diagnosis for the lame or nonweightbearing foal. Careful evaluation of the patient, including precise radiographic assessment, is paramount in determining the options for treatment. Prognosis mostly depends on the patient's age, weight, and fracture location and configuration.
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Animals, Newborn/injuries , Epiphyses/injuries , Fractures, Bone/veterinary , Horses/injuries , Animals , Femoral Fractures/therapy , Femoral Fractures/veterinary , Fractures, Bone/diagnostic imaging , Fractures, Bone/therapy , Growth Plate/pathology , Horse Diseases/diagnostic imaging , Horse Diseases/therapy , Humeral Fractures/therapy , Humeral Fractures/veterinary , Male , Metacarpus/injuries , Metatarsus/injuries , Prognosis , Radiography/veterinary , Radius Fractures/therapy , Radius Fractures/veterinary , Salter-Harris Fractures/diagnostic imaging , Salter-Harris Fractures/therapy , Salter-Harris Fractures/veterinary , Scapula/injuries , Tibial Fractures/therapy , Tibial Fractures/veterinary , Toe Phalanges/injuries , Ulna Fractures/therapy , Ulna Fractures/veterinaryABSTRACT
A striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) calf stranded alive because of a Salter-Harris fracture type 1 of a caudal vertebra and remained in a provisional rehabilitation facility for 3 days where the fracture stabilization was attempted, but he died the day after bandaging. Serum and urine samples were collected during hospitalization (days 1, 2 and 3 serum and day 2 urine). Serum analysis showed increased urea, alanine transaminase, aspartate transaminase, and serum amyloid A values, while creatinine was below the lower limit. Urine analysis showed urinary protein-to-creatinine ratio of 5.3 with glomerular proteinuria. Postmortem analyses demonstrated a severe rhabdomyolysis and myoglobinuric nephrosis, suggestive of capture myopathy syndrome. We report, for the first time, the clinico-pathological changes during this condition in a striped dolphin.