Kinetic analysis of locomotion of the English Bulldog breed

• Grant number: 14/06615-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: September 01, 2014
• End date: May 31, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Veterinary Medicine - Animal Clinics and Surgery
• Principal Investigator: Julia Maria Matera
• Grantee: Andres Sebastian Aristizabal Escobar
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Orthopedic diseases have high relevance in the routine of clinical-surgical attention because there has been an increase in the appearance of these clinical cases as well as racial predisposition patterns, making these races more susceptible. The English Bulldog is a chondrodystrophic race growing in population in the country, and its predisposition to orthopedic diseases is high. A kinetic study analyzing locomotion characteristics of such race will aid the comprehension of the alteration that the racial pattern presents, which often affect muscle-skeletal functions. It is justified to conduct an accurate study of the locomotion of these animals.

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

ARISTIZABAL ESCOBAR, ANDRES SEBASTIAN; ALVES DE SOUZA, ALEXANDRE NAVARRO; DE CAMPOS FONSECA PINTO, ANA CAROLINA BRANDAO; MATERA, JULIA MARIA. Kinetic gait analysis in English Bulldogs. ACTA VETERINARIA SCANDINAVICA, v. 59, NOV 2 2017. (14/06615-0)