An interesting case of a prostatic carcinoma in a Shetland Sheepdog

dc.contributor.author	Harrison, Jennifer
dc.date.accessioned	2009-10-23T15:19:16Z
dc.date.available	2009-10-23T15:19:16Z
dc.date.issued	2009-10-28
dc.description.abstract	An 11 year old male castrated Shetland Sheepdog was presented to the Cornell University Hospital for Animals for a recently detected prostatomegaly and a one year history of progressive lethargy, inappetence, stranguria, pollakiuria, and tenesmus with thin soft feces. Major physical examination findings included a dull but responsive mentation, a thin body condition, tachycardia (200 beats per minute), tacky oral mucous membranes, a fever (103.8 °F), a grade III/VI left-sided systolic heart murmur, prostatomegaly, and large feet with nonpainful, thickened bones palpated distally in all 4 limbs as well as decreased carpal and tarsal flexion and extension. A complete blood count, chemistry, abdominal ultrasound, prostatic fine needle aspirate, and free catch urine were performed, and the patient was diagnosed with a prostatic transitional cell carcinoma. The dog was euthanized and post-mortem carpal radiographs confirmed the presence of hypertrophic osteopathy.
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1813/14128
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Senior seminar paper
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Seminar SF610.1 2010
dc.subject	Dogs -- Diseases -- Case studies	en_US
dc.title	An interesting case of a prostatic carcinoma in a Shetland Sheepdog	en_US
dc.type	term paper	en_US

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