Lumbarization of sacrum in cat, a case report

Subject Areas : clinical veterinary science

M.R Paryani ¹ , S.M Rajaei ² , رضا Sajadi ³

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Received: 2016-11-15 Accepted : 2016-11-15 Published : 2012-06-21

Keywords: Cat, Lumbarization, sacral region,

Abstract :

      A 12 months old,intact male domesticated short hair cat presentad with pain in lumbosacral region.clinical examination was done and radiographs of pelvic girdle obtained.radiographs of sacral region in lateral view showed that saparation between S1 and S2 vertebrae.Acomplete blood count,serum biochemistry,and other parameters associated with orthopedic diseases have not revealed abnomalities.it seems that,this is the first case of lumbarization of sacrum in a cat.