A retrospective study of 182 cases of grass awn migration in dogs and cats seen during a 1 year period was performed.
Grass awn migration in dogs.
This is where the name mean seeds came from.
Hordeum murinum has been found as most troublesome species in the area of.
A 10 mhz linear transducer was used.
A retrospective study of 182 cases pubmed.
Lungs and other organs inhalation or migration.
When it starts into a dog s body it just keeps traveling and then every time the dog moves in some way it gets the seed moving forward and this is the key problem with some of these seeds.
Grass awn migration in dogs and cats.
Ultrasound images from 25 dogs 27 awns were collected and compared with the results from water bath studies using wild oat seeds avena spp collected in the field wild oat seeds were the most common grass awn found in soft tissue of dogs.
The 182 cases comprised 61 of all foreign body related cases during that year.
Compared with the total hospital population there was an increased prevalence of grass awn problems i.
If swallowed grass awns may stick to the back of the throat near the tonsils and cause inflammation and swelling.
A retrospective study of 140 cases of grass awn migration in dogs seen since 2001 till 2002 year period was conducted.