PROTEUS INDUCED DISCOSPONDYLITIS THE FIRST CASE REPORTED IN AN ANATOLIAN SHEEPDOG

Our ease was 4 years old Anatolian Sheepdog, brought to the surgery clinic. The Anatolian Sheepdog was brought in with n complaint of inability to use the hindlegs for approximately 10 days. In the anamnesis the patient was reported to have no appetite, that it had lost weight, it's general condition was deteriorating and that it had had a urinary system infection when it was 1 -year old. In the radiographs an abnormal appearance was observed in the T6-T9, intervertebral space and the mentioned vertebrae. Considering the overall condition of the patient and upon the owner's request, the animal was euthanized. Microbiological examination was done on the cerebrospinal fluid (GSF) taken before myelography. The result showed that Proteus spp. had grown.