Group Member Responsibilities

Coordinator - Marie Daniels

Case Recorder - Jaime Landolfi

Learning Issues Recorder - Sara Conner

CMAP Builder - Allison Ritter


Case 1 Facts

1. Nine month old Female spayed Rottwelier - young, large breed (N, C)

2. Lame in hind legs  -- less consideration for fore limb problems (A, C)

3. Disproportional amount of weight carried on forelegs - non-weight bearing on hind 
limbs (A, C)

4. Awkward gait few weeks duration - not likely acute condition (A, C)

5. Right hind worse - not bilateral (A, C)

6. Walks ok, uncomfortable when sits - pressure (weight) problem rather than range of 
motion (A, C)

7. Worse in morning and after exercise - stiff in morning, irritated by work (A,  NC)

8. Reluctant to climb stairs - increased work for lame hind end (A,  NC)

9. Rimadyl treatment (few doses), little to no improvement - possibly not an 
inflammatory problem (U,  C)

10. No history of trauma - higher priority to congenital conditions (N, C)

11. Lameness grade 1/4 - mild lameness (A,  C)

12. Minor clicking in elbow - possibly insignificant ( no apparent lameness), possible 
consequence of increased weight bearing in front - joint problem, possible lameness 
obscured by more noticeable lameness of hind end (A, NC)

13. Hips, more pain obvious on extension rather than flexion  (A, C)

14. Eats Iams large breed free choice  -- free choice not good choice for large breeds, 
increased muscle deposition  before skeleton strong enough (N, C)

15. Range of motion in hips reduced to 100 degrees - joint problem (A, C)

16. Positive Ortalani sign left hip, unable to do on right leg due to pain - suggestive of 
hip dysplasia (A, C)

17. Current on vaccines (N, NC)

Normal  (N)
Abnormal (A)
Critical (C )
Noncritical (NC)