Sparnon Alyssa, Smith Joe, Mulon Pierre-Yves, Hecht Silke, Anderson David, Van Amstel Sarel
Large Animal Clinical Sciences, University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine, Knoxville, USA.
Small Animal Clinical Sciences, University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine, Knoxville, USA.
Case Rep Vet Med. 2024 Apr 2;2024:4589572. doi: 10.1155/2024/4589572. eCollection 2024.
There are limited reports of mandibular infections and tooth root abscesses in camels (Old World Camelids). This is in contrast to multiple reports and case series detailing diagnosis, management, and therapy of similar infections in New World Camelids such as llamas and alpacas. The purpose of this case series is to present three cases of camels in North America with these infections and to detail the diagnostics, therapeutic interventions, management, and follow-up of these cases. Radiography was utilized in all three cases, as was sedation and/or anesthesia. Similar to llamas, florfenicol was used for antimicrobial therapy and flunixin meglumine was utilized as a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory. Some degree of lavage was required for the management of each case. Clinicians should be aware of the potential need for sedation, diagnostic imaging, culture, and extended therapies for the treatment of mandibular and tooth root infections in camels as comparatively described for llamas and alpacas.
关于骆驼（旧大陆骆驼科动物）下颌感染和牙根脓肿的报道有限。这与多篇报道和病例系列形成对比，后者详细描述了新大陆骆驼科动物（如美洲驼和羊驼）类似感染的诊断、处理和治疗。本病例系列的目的是介绍北美地区三例患有这些感染的骆驼病例，并详细说明这些病例的诊断、治疗干预、处理和随访情况。所有三例均使用了放射照相，同时也使用了镇静和/或麻醉。与美洲驼类似，氟苯尼考用于抗菌治疗，氟尼辛葡甲胺用作非甾体抗炎药。每例病例的处理都需要一定程度的灌洗。临床医生应意识到，对于骆驼下颌和牙根感染的治疗，可能需要进行镇静、诊断成像、培养和延长治疗，这与美洲驼和羊驼的情况相对类似。
