@article{Pisani_de Oliveira_Bastos_Fernandes_2018, title={Congenital hypothyroidism in dog: case report}, volume={39}, url={https://bjvm.org.br/BJVM/article/view/951}, DOI={10.29374/2527-2179.bjvm020817}, abstractNote={<p>Canine congenital hypothyroidism is a rare and underdiagnosed endocrine disorder, their true incidence<br>is unknown because many dogs with this condition die before reaching three months of age. The disorder<br>can cause a range of clinical signs as the lack of thyroid hormones on the animal’s body because of low<br>metabolism signs of multiple organs. Affected dogs may have mental retardation and abnormalities in<br>skeletal development. Diagnosis is made through the animal’s history, laboratory screening tests added<br>to the clinical and epidemiological findings and serum levels of thyroid hormones. This paper reports<br>a case of canine congenital hypothyroidism in a Chow-Chow dog, with one year old, diagnosed at the<br>Veterinary Hospital of the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro. The animal was submitted to hormone<br>replacement therapy with levothyroxine Sodium resulting in clinical improvement.</p>}, number={4}, journal={Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Medicine}, author={Pisani, Rafaela Bruno Faria and de Oliveira, Priscila Cardim and Bastos, Isabela Pessôa Barbieri and Fernandes, Julio Israel}, year={2018}, month={May}, pages={279–283} }