Volume 27 | Issue 4
ISSN (Print): 2053-0889
ISSN (Online): 2053-0897
Owners may recognise a specific event leading to the injury, such as their dog running for or retrieving a stick (Robinson et al, 2014). Alternatively, owners may be out of sight from the event and the presenting signs might raise suspicion of an oropharyngeal stick injury. In one study, only 12% of cases were presented to a vet within seven days of injury despite 48% of all the cases having a known history of oropharyngeal penetrating trauma (Griffiths et al, 2000)..
