TY - JOUR AU - Jardim, Mariana Palha de Brito AU - de Farias, Luiza Freire AU - Cid, Gabriela de Carvalho AU - de Souza, Heloisa Justen Moreira AU - Corgozinho, Katia BarĂ£o AU - da Silva, Ricardo Siqueira PY - 2018/05/05 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Osteochondrodysplasia in a young cat of the Scottish Fold breed: case report JF - Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Medicine JA - Braz. J. Vet. Med. VL - 39 IS - 2 SE - Case report DO - UR - https://bjvm.org.br/BJVM/article/view/924 SP - 133-137 AB - <p>Scottish Fold cats have an autosomal dominant gene that determines the occurrence of forward-bent&nbsp;ears and varying degrees of osteochondrodysplasia. The objective of this work is to report a case of&nbsp;osteochondrodysplasia in a young Scottish Fold cat, highlighting the clinical and pathological characteristics&nbsp;and the therapeutic behaviour adopted by the clinical picture, aiming to disseminate information related&nbsp;to the particularities of this feline racial pattern. A Scottish Fold male domestic cat, 12 months old, was&nbsp;brought to clinical care due to the complaint of locomotor difficulty. In the radiographic evaluation,&nbsp;the tarsal joints were hypoplastic, with abnormal axis angulation in the metatarsals, phalanges and&nbsp;related joints, compatible with osteochondrodysplasia. Already in the hip joints, mild hip dysplasia was&nbsp;evident. Treatment consisted of gabapentin, chondroitin sulfate and omega-3. This is the first report of&nbsp;osteochondrodysplasia in a Scottish Fold in Brazil. The osteoarticular deformities observed in the Scottish&nbsp;Fold feline with osteochondrodysplasia are a concern, due to the patient’s quality of life impairment&nbsp;and the absence of a curative treatment for this condition, so the study was able to expand the information&nbsp;regarding the inherent characteristics of this disease racial pattern.</p> ER -