The effects of two vibration platform (VP) exercise protocols on stifle and rectal temperatures were evaluated. Eleven animals participated in two exercise protocols, different in duration in each exercise. Exercise protocol 1 (EP1) took 30 seconds and EP2, 60 seconds, with different vibratory levels in both cases (L1 = acceleration ≅ 1g, L4 = acceleration ≅ 2.5g, and L7 = acceleration ≅ 5g). The animals were evaluated before and 1 minute after the exercise, using infrared thermography to obtain stifle temperatures. The rectal temperature (RT) was also checked at each moment. The dogs had higher stifle temperatures in EP1 at all vibratory levels compared to the time before the exercise; EP2 resulted in higher temperature only at maximum vibration intensity (L7). Increase in TR was observed only in EP2. The results suggested that the short duration protocol (EP1) increased the muscular and peripheral vascular activities of the joint, regardless of the vibration intensity. The long duration protocol (EP2) with maximum vibration intensity increased the RT, demonstrating activity beyond the stifle muscle group. It is concluded that exercises on the VP can be used as complementary therapy for low-impact muscle activity in dogs and may be adequate for efficient energy consumption.

RESUMO.Pectus excavatum ou peito escavado é uma afecção congênita caracterizada por compressão dorso ventral e um aumento da largura torácica, em virtude do crescimento anormal do esterno e cartilagem em uma depressão condroesternal. Anomalia desenvolvida na vida intrauterina resultante de expressões genômicas herdáveis. Tratando-se de uma enfermidade rara sua etiologia ainda não é explicada, relacionada ao um gene autossômico dominante, acomete geralmente cães de raças braquicefálicas, sendo não correlacionando com predisposição sexual. Pacientes acometidos pela Pectus excavatum apresentam sinais que acometem os sistemas cardiovasculares e respiratório. O diagnóstico baseia-se na anamnese e radiografia torácica. O objetivo desse trabalho foi relatar um caso clinico de Pectus excavatum que obteve sucesso com o tratamento não invasivo pela utilização de uma tala externa na compressão do tórax de filhote de Buldogue inglês. A escolha desse tema deveu-se ao fato de ser uma doença com a casuística baixa em pequenos animais.Palavras chave: Hipoplasia traqueal, peito escavado, desvio cardíaco, radiografia Non-Invasive treatment of Pectus Excavatum in a Bulldog Ingles: Case reportABSTRACT. Pectus excavatum and a congenital disorder characterized in dorsal-ventral compression and hum increased chest width, in virtue of the breastbone and cartilage abnormal growth falling in a chondrosternal Depression. And this anomaly developed in intrauterine life, and may be the result of a heritable genomic expressions. In the case of a rare disease etiology, not your e explained the hum related autosomal dominant gene, usually affects brachycephalic breeds of dogs, being not correlate with sexual predisposition. For patients suffering pectus excavatum present Signs That affects the cardiovascular system and respiratory functionality. The diagnosis is based on clinical history and chest x-ray. With the diagnosis confirmed if have a purpose of Rectification Anatomic do breastbone. The aim of this study was to report hum Case Study of pectus excavatum que achieved success with no invasive treatment by using an external splint on chest compression hum English bulldog puppy. The choice of subject was due to be the Fact A disease with a low sample animals small.

Background: Dogs are frequently affected by intervertebral disc degeneration, a structural failure associated with changes accelerated by aging. Disc degeneration may occur in the presence or absence of clinical signs, which are variable and common to other spinal cord diseases and therefore early diagnosis is crucial to a successful outcome. Treatment may be conservative or surgical according to severity of the clinical signs and should be combined with a rehabilitation protocol. Prognosis depends on the location of the spinal cord compression, volume and velocity of the disc material herniation and time between initial clinical signs, definitive diagnosis and therapeutic approach. Case: A nonchondrodystrophic 14-year-old dog with acute clinical manifestation of paraparesis and proprioceptive deficit in hind limbs was submitted to myelography examination. There was contrast column deviation in the T13-L1 region, determining spinal compression, and spondyloses were also noted in several thoracolumbar vertebrae. Hemilaminectomy was performed with complete removal of the compressor fragment. Histological analysis confirmed the presence of fibrocartilaginous material that corresponds to the part of the annulus fibrosus. The kidnap of the fragment was characterized by loss of continuity with the remaining disk. In these cases, magnetic resonance imaging does provides the definitive diagnosis, since neoplasm, arachnoid cysts and abscesses may be remaining differential diagnosis. Therefore, surgical approach followed by histopathological analysis of the obtained material are necessary to confirm the diagnosis. Discussion: The present report differs from most cases of disc herniation because it is a thoracolumbar lesion with an acute manifestation of significant neurological deficit in an elderly dog of non-chondrodystophic breed. Also, material of the free fibrous annulus itself in the medullary canal is not a common histopathological presentation of disc extrusion usually composed by nucleus pulposus. After neurolocalization of the lesion by clinical neurological examination, the radiographic evaluation shall precedes the myelography, since this is contraindicated when there is suspicion of discoespondylitis, fracture, dislocation or vertebral subluxation, which had not yet been discarded. Even if the MRI is performed, in the cases of a sequestered fragment, it still remais differential diagnoses include arachnoid cysts, discoespondylitis, hematomas, abscesses and neoplasms, including metastases, so only surgical approach to obtain material for histopathological analysis may provide definitive diagnosis. According to the histopathological examination, the herniated material had a fibrocartilaginous characteristic: several concentric fibrous blades, composed of collagen and fibrocartilage, thus characterizing the herniated material as a fragment of the fibrous ring. When removed from the vertebral canal, the contents did not show resistance, being withdrawn completely and without continuity with its origin intervertebr...