Tetanus with hiatal hernia was diagnosed in a four-month-old female sheepdog pup. The animal was treated with tetanus antitoxin, antibiotics, fluids and intensive nursing care for three weeks and subsequently made a full recovery. Tetanus is a relatively uncommon disease in dogs and cats because of their natural resistance to the toxin; nonetheless, the prognosis has to be very guarded, especially if there are concurrent problems such as hiatal hernia or aspiration pneumonia. Oesophageal hiatal hernia is an uncommon complication of tetanus. The prognosis in these cases appears to be extremely poor although only a few cases have been reported (van Bree, 1982; Dieringer and Wolf, 1991; van Ham and van Bree, 1992), In this communication we present a brief review of tetanus in the dog and report on the full recovery of a dog from tetanus and concurrent hiatal hernia.
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机译：在四个月大的母牧羊犬幼犬中诊断出破伤风患有食管裂孔疝。用破伤风抗毒素，抗生素，液体和强化护理治疗该动物三周，随后完全康复。破伤风是一种相对不常见的疾病，因为它们对毒素具有天然抵抗力。但是，必须非常谨慎地预后，尤其是同时存在诸如食管裂孔疝或吸入性肺炎等问题时。食管裂孔疝是破伤风的罕见并发症。这些病例的预后极差，尽管仅报道了少数病例（van Bree，1982; Dieringer和Wolf，1991; van Ham和van Bree，1992）。在本通讯中，我们对破伤风进行了简要回顾。报告狗从破伤风和同时发生的食管裂孔疝完全康复的情况。
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