Overview of current prophylactic and treatment methods for canine athletes

摘要

Injuries in athletic dogs do occur as these highly competitive animals, similar to their human counterparts, give one-hundred percent of an effort either in a quick sprint race at maximum speed or in sustained work over hours and days. Veterinarians and trainers have three major times of intervention. The first is setting up of training programs that load tissues to induce positive adaptive changes to tissues, but do not structurally damage them. Second is detection and intervention when minor damage is present that, with continue training or racing, will lead to more serious damage. And finally, the recognition and treatment of moderate to severe exercise injuries, acute and delayed when they occur.