PMID- 34014602
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20210819
LR  - 20210819
IS  - 1476-4431 (Electronic)
IS  - 1476-4431 (Linking)
VI  - 31
IP  - 4
DP  - 2021 Jul
TI  - Comparison of trauma sustained by civilian dogs and deployed military working 
      dogs.
PG  - 498-507
LID - 10.1111/vec.13064 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To compare the prevalence of types of trauma, mechanisms of injury, 
      and outcomes among military working dogs (MWDs), operational canines (OpK9s), and 
      civilian dogs (CDs) that sustained traumatic injury. DESIGN: Retrospective 
      descriptive analysis. ANIMALS: One hundred and ninety-three cases of MWD trauma, 
      26,099 cases of CD trauma, 35 cases of OpK9 trauma. INTERVENTIONS: None. 
      MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Medical records of MWDs that incurred trauma while 
      deployed to the Middle East were identified, and information was extracted from 
      these records. The resultant database was compared to CD and OpK9s in the 
      American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care (ACVECC) Veterinary 
      Committee on Trauma registry. All 3 groups showed similar trends with regard to 
      type of trauma: penetrating injuries occurred most frequently, followed by blunt 
      injuries for CDs and OpK9s. An equal proportion of blunt and blunt and 
      penetrating traumas were observed in MWDs. Only MWDs sustained trauma from 
      explosions, which accounted for 22.3% of injuries in this group. Animal 
      bite/scratch/quilling and motor vehicle accidents (MVAs) were significantly more 
      prevalent among CDs than MWDs (P < 0.01), whereas injuries from gunshot wounds 
      (GSW) or a knife/sharp object were more common among MWDs compared to CDs 
      (P < 0.01). No statistical differences in survival were observed between CDs and 
      MWDs after excluding civilian dogs euthanized due to financial limitations. 
      CONCLUSIONS: MWDs, OpK9s, and CDs experience differences in injury type, 
      mechanism, and outcome. Regardless, MWDs and CDs have good prognosis for survival 
      to discharge after trauma.
CI  - (c) Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society 2021.
FAU - Edwards, Thomas H
AU  - Edwards TH
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1706-9536
AD  - US Army Institute of Surgical Research, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, 
      TX, USA.
FAU - Scott, Laura L F
AU  - Scott LLF
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4522-9282
AD  - US Army Institute of Surgical Research, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, 
      TX, USA.
FAU - Gonyeau, Kerry E
AU  - Gonyeau KE
AD  - Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA.
FAU - Howard, Emily H
AU  - Howard EH
AD  - College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
FAU - Parker, Jacquelyn S
AU  - Parker JS
AD  - Department of Defense Military Working Dog Veterinary Service, Joint Base San 
      Antonio-Lackland AFB, TX, USA.
FAU - Hall, Kelly
AU  - Hall K
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5399-932X
AD  - Department of Clinical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 
      USA.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20210520
PL  - United States
TA  - J Vet Emerg Crit Care (San Antonio)
JT  - Journal of veterinary emergency and critical care (San Antonio, Tex. : 2001)
JID - 101152804
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - *Dog Diseases/epidemiology
MH  - Dogs
MH  - Registries
MH  - Retrospective Studies
MH  - United States
MH  - Working Dogs
MH  - *Wounds, Gunshot/epidemiology/veterinary
MH  - *Wounds, Nonpenetrating/epidemiology/veterinary
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Military Working Dog
OT  - mechanism of injury
OT  - operational canine
OT  - trauma
EDAT- 2021/05/21 06:00
MHDA- 2021/08/20 06:00
CRDT- 2021/05/20 12:48
PHST- 2020/01/15 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2019/07/23 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/01/20 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2021/05/21 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/08/20 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2021/05/20 12:48 [entrez]
AID - 10.1111/vec.13064 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Vet Emerg Crit Care (San Antonio). 2021 Jul;31(4):498-507. doi: 
      10.1111/vec.13064. Epub 2021 May 20.