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Breed, gender, age and reproductive status predisposition for cranial cruciate ligament rupture in 117 dogs treated by a single surgeon (2010 – 2015)

Rupture of the cranial cruciate ligament (CCL) remains the most common canine orthopedic problem seen in clinical practice. The present paper describes population of 117 dogs with the CCL rupture diagnosed by clinical examination followed by miniartrotomy. Dogs were treated from January 2010 to February 2015 at the Clinic for surgery, orthopaedics and ophthalmology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia by the same surgeon. Age, breed, gender and reproductive profile were analysed in relation to CCL rupture occurence during study and were discussed in relationship to previous published reports. Of the 117 dogs, 31.7% were mixed breed dogs and 13.7% Labrador Retrievers as most common. Males and females were equally affected. Bilateral rupture occured in (5.85%) cases mostly in mixed breed females. Medial meniscal tear was observed in 22.2% of cases with miniartrotomy and probing. The average age of small breed dogs was 8.3 years and of large breed dogs 4.2 years. Dogs aged 5 years and older had 2.5 times the odds of CCL rupture compared with dogs aged under 5 years (P<0.01).

Cranial cruciate ligament ; rupture ; breed ; age ; gender ; meniscal tear ; dog

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