Síndrome do cão nadador num filhote sem raça definida: relato de caso

Abstract

Swimming dog syndrome (SCN), also known as flat pup syndrome, is a change in the locomotor limbs that affects pups around the 2nd and 3rd week of life, characterized by a hyperextension of the and tibial patellar femur joints tibial tarsal and bilateral hyperflexion of the hip joint, which may compromise the thoracic limbs. This monograph aims to present a case report article titled Swimming Dog Syndrome to be presented as a final paper of Latu-sensu course in Small Animal Medical and Surgical Clinic by the Qualittas Graduate Institute. A 4-week-old female bitch, weighing 1.9 kg, with a lack of support from the four limbs, who remained extended and displaced laterally associated with chest flattening, was treated at a Veterinary Hospital. Based on the clinical findings, the diagnosis was Swimmer Dog Syndrome and the treatment consisted of the use of four-leg cuff-shaped bandages, a rigid splint for chest flattening associated with manual physiotherapy and selenium and vitamin E supplementation. He returned to the Veterinary Hospital after 16 days of recommended treatment with normal quadrupedal position, demonstrating easy walking on rough and smooth floor. Further studies on swim dog syndrome are needed, and so far considered a multifactorial disease.