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Multiple Jaw Fractures And Hiatus Linguae In A Dog, İbrahi̇m Akin, Murat Sarierler, Nuh Kiliç, Ali̇ Belge

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

The case of a 3.5-year-old male Norwegian Elkhound crossbreed dog, seen the day after a traffic accident, is reported. Fractures in the symphysis mandibulae and the right corpus mandibulae were diagnosed. The apex linguae hung down laterally; a 2-cm cut wound was present on the right side. Two more cut wounds (6 cm long on the ventral surface and 3 cm long on the dorsal aspect) of the tongue in a direction oblique to its long axis were connected by a cut through the entire thickness of the tongue. Tooth 103 was broken at the gingival line and 104 under …