Severe abdominal dog bite wounds in a pregnant cat

Abstract

Bite wounds are one of the most common reasons for admission of cats to veterinary clinics. Appropriate wound management seems to be more important in the successful outcome of bite wound injuries than antibiotic therapy alone. This report describes a heavily pregnant cat that suffered severe abdominal bite wounds necessitating treatment with extensive surgery. A necrotic herniated kidney, abdominal wall hernias, internal peritoneal ruptures and fracture of the thirteenth rib, gravid cornu rupture, an extrauterine dead foetus and its free kidney were all observed at laparotomy. At surgery the extrauterine dead foetus was removed, and two live foetuses were retrieved by en bloc ovariohysterectomy. A right nephrectomy and partial costectomy were also performed. Two weeks postoperatively, the cat had fully recovered without a problem. Bite wounds encountered in cats, though severe and invasive, can be tolerated and extensive surgical management can result in successful outcomes even under suboptimal conditions.

Subcutaneous herniation of fetuses after blunt force trauma in a cat

“…Traumatic rupture of the gravid uterus in a cat has been reported several times, 4 – 11 most commonly as the result of traffic accident or bite wounds. Uterine rupture after known trauma was diagnosed by routine or elective ovariohysterectomy in four cases, 4 , 5 , 7 , 9 and via exploratory celiotomy following known trauma and subsequent, incomplete parturition in two cases.…”

A 7-Year-Old Extrauterine Pregnancy in a Cat

“…Extrauterine pregnancy is apparently common in cats [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]11]. However, in most cases distinction between primary and secondary is controversial due to the presence of an intact [3], altered [8], or partially missing [9] reproductive apparatus.…”

“…However, in most cases distinction between primary and secondary is controversial due to the presence of an intact [3], altered [8], or partially missing [9] reproductive apparatus. Consequently, the lack of signs of uterine rupture has been claimed as inclusion criteria for the diagnosis of primary EUP [5].…”

“…Differentiation between primary and secondary EUP is often controversial [1,2], since secondary EUP is common in cats, due to trauma, wounds, and consequent rupture of the uterus [8], and can be often misidentified as primary in nonovariohysterectomized cats [9].…”

Enterocutaneous Fistula as a Result of Chronic Bite Wound Repair in a Dog

“…When they eventually visit a hospital, the wound may have deteriorated to the point where defining its anatomical structure becomes difficult. Kumru (2007) describes the need for treatment of severe abdominal bite wounds with extensive surgery and states that appropriate wound management is more important in the successful outcome of bite wound injuries than antibiotic therapy alone [8]. The enterocutaneous fistula in our case would not have occurred if the initial bite wound was cared for appropriately.…”