Health Watch
Because of their stressful working environment, law-enforcement canines may be particularly subject to colitis, an inflammation of the colon, or lower intestine. Like humans, dogs can get colitis for any one of a number of reasons. Sudden, or acute, colitis may be caused by excess stress as a result of lifestyle changes such as moving, boarding at a kennel, over-exposure to severe weather, and so on. It also may result from sudden changes in diet, eating garbage, or too many rich treats. Chronic or episodic colitis may be caused by bacterial organisms such as Clostridium perfringens, or by whipworms, which can be difficult to detect.
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Deda is a 7-year-old female Belgian Malinois who works for the Craven County Sheriff’s Office in New Bern, North Carolina. She is used primarily for personal protection and drug detection. Deda developed intermittent and then persistent right, hind-limb lameness over several months in late 2008. Her veterinarian diagnosed a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in the stifle (knee) joint and referred her to Dr. Gary Spodnick, a surgeon with the Veterinary Specialty Hospital of the Carolinas. This article discusses the symptoms, treatment, and prognosis for cruciate ligament rupture in working dogs.
Police business can take law-enforcement officers and their canine partners into some extreme environments: urban situations and difficult building searches, roadside checks and highway work, and airports. Yet nowhere are the human and canine counterparts more seriously challenged than in the wilderness. Fieldwork can present a variety of unique obstacles: temperature extremes, difficult terrain, longer distances from veterinary hospitals, and a host of situations potentially dangerous to dogs. The single most important principle concerning wilderness medicine is preparedness. By considering and establishing protocols for any possible emergency scenario before undertaking any fieldwork, we increase our dog’s chances for successful treatment. In this first part of a two-part article, we examine some of the more common situations encountered in working in remote wilderness areas. Part two will cover Lyme disease.
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