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Abstract
The present study was set up to assess the prevalence of different musculoskeletal disorders in dogs and cats in relation to age, sex and etiology with diagnosis, treatment and follow up of these disorders through a clinical work and to evaluate the best fixation technique of metacarpal fractures in dogs through an experimental work.
One hundred and fifty five clinical cases were diagnosed with different musculoskeletal disorders and evaluated using clinical examination, radiographs, ultrasonography, arthrocentesis, exploratory puncture and exploratory surgery. Different trials of treatment according to the types of the disorders in addition to follow up were adopted.
Musculoskeletal disorders were classified according to the etiology into traumatic (69.6%), congenital (4.5%), developmental (4.5%), neurological (9.6%), infectious (1.29%), nutritional (0.64%) and subcutaneous surgical swellings (9.6%). Moreover, the most affected animals were of young age, males were more than females in dogs while in cats, females were more than males.
Traumatic disorders were the most common affections in dogs and cats and involved fractures (57.4%), joint luxations (18.5%) muscle contusion and strains (14.8%) and foot injuries (9.25%). Dogs affected mainly with motor vehicles trauma, but cats affected mainly with falling from heights.