Journal of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
(ISSN: 2659 – 0743)
Volume 4, No. 1, 2022
Pages 48-54
DOI:10.36108/jvbs/2202.40.0160
Left Atrioventricular (AV) Thrombosis and a Compacted Fracture of Lumber Six and Seven Vertebrae in a Ten Year Old Alsatian Bitch
Ezema, K. U.1, Mshelia, G. D. 2, Lekko, Y. M.3, Bukar, Y. M.3, Mana H. P.1, Enem S. I.4*, Igbokwe, I. O. 5 , Gambo, H. I.5, Godwin E.4, Tenuche O. Z.6 and Egwu, G. O.3
1Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maiduguri, P.M.B 1069, Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria
2Departments of Theriogenology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maiduguri, P.M.B 1069, Nigeria
3Departments of Veterinary Medicine , Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maiduguri, P.M.B 1069, Maiduguri, Nigeria
4Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Abuja, PMB 117, Abuja, Nigeria
5Departments of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maiduguri, P.M.B 1069, Maiduguri, Nigeria
6Department of Veterinary Pathology, University of Abuja, PMB 117, Abuja, Nigeria
ABSTRACT
An edematous ten-year old Alsatian bitch was diagnosed of atrioventricular (AV) obstruction on postmortem examination after managing the case for three days before the death of the bitch. The postmortem also revealed a compacted fracture of the last two lumbar vertebrae. The most common causes of atrio-ventricular obstruction in dogs are cardiac tumors. The diagnosis of cardiac neoplasia is usually based on clinical history, physical examination, Urinalysis, radiographic, and echocardiographic methods. Atrioventricular obstruction causes slow conduction throughout the atrioventricular node with variable prognosis ranging from good to sudden death. In this case report, diagnosis was based on Haematology, Urinalysis, Xray, chemical pathology and postmortem findings. The result of cardiac gross pathology revealed a dark red mass attached to the endocardium just proximal to the aortic valve leaflet. Laboratory findings inclusive of the urinalysis were within the normal range..
Keywords: Dog, Atrioventricular Obstruction, Haematology, Urinalysis, Xray, Pathology