Oral tumours in dogs/tumores bucales en perros

There is a variety of oral tumours we can find in dogs. Two of them are specially common.
Hay una variedad de tumores orales que podemos encontrar en perros. Dos de ellos son especialmente comunes.

"Lion's jaw" in a 11 months old westy

1. Oral epuli or "polips" is a smooth, pink growth of tissue in the gums, that don't spread to the body (benign), but may affect the dental pieces by moving them apart, facilitating the settling of dental plaque, and making chewing annoying or painful.

1. Épuli o pólipos orales, son un crecimiento de tejido en la encía, suave y rosado, que no se extiende al resto del cuerpo (benigno), pero afecta a las piezas dentales al desplazarlas, facilita la aparición de sarro, y puede hacer la masticación molesta o dolorosa (read more)

Dog with cryptorchidism/ perro con criptorquidia

Criptorchidism occurs when both testes, for an unknowed cause but remarked heredity, are out of the scrotum. The testes remain high in the abdomen during the pregnancy. During the first 6 month of life they move from the abdomen through the inguinal canals into the two sides of the scrotum. After this time it is highly improbably they descend.

El criptorquidismo se da cuando ambos testículos, por razón desconocida pero de marcada

Legg-Calvé-Perthes

This weird illness is becoming more usual due to the obssessive breeding of toy breeds, the smaller the better. This X-ray belongs to a male yorkshire terrier of only 2,5kgs. Since he was just 3 months old was limping eventually, his owners not being sure whether it was due to a hit, a kick, children playing with the dog... When he was 9 months old it was clear than painkillers were not the solution to this constant wobbling in his walking.

The problem is in the left joint, femur-hip. The solution should be an operation to remove the head of the femur. Unfortunately, the owners cannot afford it and have no choice but wait and see if their dog get much worse.

Esta rara enfermedad es cada vez más frecuente debido a la obsesión por criar razas toy, a más pequeños mejor. ESta radiografía pertenece a un yorkshire macho de sólo 2,5kgs.