They Ate What? 2011 X-ray Contest Winners

They Ate What? 2011 X-ray Contest WinnersThey Ate What? 2011 X-ray Contest WinnersCheck out this year's best radiographs. Veterinary Practice News would like to thank everyone who sent radiographs in for this year's competition. cover stories, smlanimalCheck out this year's best radiographs. Posted: September 20, 2011

Veterinary Practice News would like to thank everyone who sent radiographs in for this year's competition. Each year we're amazed at the images and stories that come in. We would also like to thank the judge, Matt Wright, DVM, Dipl. ACVR, who had the tough task of selecting a winner.

This year's winner, Vanessa Hawkins, DVM, will receive a digital single-lens reflex camera courtesy of contest sponsor Sound-Eklin of Carlsbad, Calif. The runners-up will receive a point-and-shoot camera.

Grand Prize Winner

Vanessa Hawksin, DVM
Bayshore Animal Hospital
Warrenton, Ore.

Handball
Handballs removed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The dog was presented for lameness in a hind leg, and while taking radiographs looking for musculoskeletal abnormalities, nine handballs were discovered as an incidental finding.

 

Runners Up

Lisa Anne Attanasi, DVM
Eaglewood Cliffs Veterinary
Eaglewood Cliffs, N.J.

Beagle Beagle xray

Beagle removal

Wailen, a 12-year-old beagle, ate shoe laces, mulch, knee high stocking, a plastic plant, plastic ties and bristles of a car snow cleaning brush.

Jenny Yanson, practice manager
Suburbia North Animal Hospital

Slip collar

A 6-month-old bulldog, Tinkerbell, ate a training collar off another bulldog in their house.  The owners had no idea until she ate a second metal slip collar and then proceeded to become seriously ill.  Doctors were surprised to find two slip collars in her stomach.

Honorable Mentions

Michael Herko, DVM
Falls Road Animal Hospital, Baltimore, Md.

Duck Nail and stones

Penelope, a 2-year-old duck, presented for left leg lameness and was uncomfortable upon abominal palpation. Radiographs showed a nail and stones in her gizzard. Surgery was performed and Penelope went home. She was back a month later. Radiographs revealed another nail and a second surgery was performed.

Lisa Anne Attanasi, DVM
Eaglewood Cliffs Veterinary
Eaglewood Cliffs, N.J.

Sewing needle side sewing needle

Radiographs showed a 2-inch sewing needle seen in ventral proximal neck in Sally, a 1-year-old dachshund.

Melissa Seavey
Healthy Paws Veterinary Center
Westborough, Mass.

Baby Baby removal baby removed

A 4-month-old golden retriever ate 10 baby bottle nipples.

Dr. Shriaz Juma
Sherbrook Animal Hospital
Winnepeg, Manitoba, Canada

Guitar string Guitar string xray Cat guitar string

A 6-month-old male kitten, Keelee, loved playing with the guitar that the owner was fixing. Owner tried to pull the string and because it wouldn't come, he brought Keelee in.

Stephen Crosby, CVT, VTS
New Haven Central Hospital for Veterinary Medicine
New Haven, Conn.

malamute Malamute xray

The owner was feeding peanut butter off a spoon to her Alaskan malamute, who gulped down more than just its treat. The rads also show a piece of a collar and a toy the dog had eaten earlier (totally unrelated to the spoon incident).

Monica Hazelwood, DVM
VCA Mountainview Animal Hospital and Pet Lodge
Highlands Ranch, Colo.

Dice

Barkley, a 5 1⁄2-year old cocker spaniel, presented for vomiting and bloody diarrhea. Radiographs revealed a game board die in his small intestine.

Adam Honeckman, DVM
Mobile Veterinary Diagnostic
Orlando, Fla.

Lab spoon Spoon xray

Raven, a 4-year-old female Labrador, was offered a spoonful of peanut butter but decided to eat the spoon, too. The spoon was successfully removed endoscopically.

Beth Shannon, DVM
North Liberty Pet Clinic
North Liberty, Iowa

Glue

A 1 1⁄2-year-old male Chi-weenie had chewed on a bottle of Gorilla Glue. The glue expanded in his stomach and molded to it perfectly. He had a complete recovery after the surgery.

Caitlin Fickett
Alaska Veterinary Clinic
Anchorage, Alaska

Dinosaur

This dog came in for vomiting and eating grass. A radiograph revealed a foreign body in the stomach. The next morning, an additional X-ray better showed the object: a hard plastic dinosaur.

Bridget Landon, DVM
Fairgrounds Animal Hospital
Reno, Nev.

Rocks

A 9-month-old golden retriever presented for vaccines. The owner reported that the patient started vomiting two days prior and appetite had decreased. The patient had a gutful of rocks measuring 4-6 cm in diameter.

Patti Klein Manke, DVM
Woodstock Veterinary Clinic
Woodstock, N.Y.

teeth

Prince Edward, a 9-year-old bulldog, ate his owner's false teeth when he found them in a bowl that had ice cream in it. The teeth were returned to the owner and she is smiling again!

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