VETERINARY MEDICINE
(Oven Journal
Openventio
Case Report
Cosmetic Tail Docking - An Option for Severely Injured Tai
in Dog: A Case Report
Maben Fesseha, MVS<.OVET
Depertment oeterary Surgery ond Dagrstc lnopng Scheele Vtenmary Medcne, Wola Sede Unrerty PO. Bar 138 Welots Sade Eamaper
“Camrespanding author
Habeen Fesseha, HYS¢, DVM
‘Arran Potesra Dsparment ef Wcernary Surgery and Dagrosic hag School oktarmary Madsine Weis Sado Unnariy. PO Box I28 Wain Soda
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Article information
(Received: May 22% 2020 Revived fy 27,2020, Accepted: iy 26° 2020: Pubished dy 26°,2020
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‘Tal docking is usuily performed on those dogs whore tail o associated structures have been injured. A rwo-year-okl male dos,
‘was presented Veterinary Teaching Hospital (VTH) with complain of injury on the tilde to bite by another doy, The injured ste
Of the uil was contaminated with the debris on presentation and the dog wat in severe pain. Amputation of the til atthe level
bene the injury site of the tal was ullen. Care for surgery, onytetraychne wound speay was applied wn the mession site of the
tall Pen Strep and Mclosicam were given foe three-day. The suture mater was remewed 10%ay post-surgery and the tall samp
healed uneventfully: Hence, tal amputation isthe best option of treatment for severing traumatic til and successful management
of theinjued tall was presented inthe present eae repiet
Keywords
Dag Injured tail; Cosmetic tll docking.
INTRODUCTIONT
onvenience surgery isthe definiton of a set of surpical in
rcrventions in pets that are not justified from a veterinary
redial perpeetne! These fverventionsineladetaldocking ex
‘erppine, declawing, and debarking. Animal tails are hoon eo be
important for socal malig in seme anal species’ Docking is
a sungeal remaval animal tal ether for therapeubc reason o pre
senoun uf efferent injures Tad dishing ean be done in eiber of
the ewotechanguen The firs technique involves Blocking the Boon!
supp wrwand the tail wich a rubber lature foe a few das une
theta falls off Whereas, the second one imvolves the amputation
of the tad with surgeal scissors oF a salpel. The length to which
12h are docked vanes by breed and is often specified i the brced
standin!
Tall docking is practiced for centuries and although it
‘could be painful, #14 often done without any ancsthetic* With
tail docking, all o part of an animal's tal is amputated * The tail
docking has a long history since the bepinning of domestcating
animale Ie understoud wo date atleast wo the Roman Empire Tal
docing it done for eversl eatons. For inceance, in most long t
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dog breeds its dene for preventing injunes during exercising and
‘ighang whereas in hunting does sis done to minumize the rk
Cf gevning cut up by brushes and thorns as the dog waps its til
“Thus. this is contested by a wide range of groups and is sometimes
comsatered a form of animal cruelty, and this practice i restricted
bby many European countries *
Historical tail docking in many dog breeds isan estab
lished custom believed to have been introduced some 2-years
aga In Linger breed dog, docking has ben practiced to prevent