RT Journal Article
T1 Behavioural disorder in a dog with congenital agenesis of the vomeronasal organ and the septum pellucidum
A1 Muñiz de Miguel, Susana
A1 Barreiro Vázquez, José Daniel
A1 Sánchez Quinteiro, Pablo
A1 Ortiz Leal, Irene
A1 González Martínez, Ángela
K1 Anatomy
K1 Behaviour
K1 Bifid nose
K1 Diagnostic imaging
K1 Septum pellucidum
K1 Vomeronasal organ
AB A 1.5-year-old, entire male mongrel dog with a bifid nose and primary cleft palateshowed aggressiveness towards unknown dogs despite having adequate canine socialisa tion and the absence of previous traumatic experiences; furthermore, he does not exhibitsexual behaviour towards females in heat. He was previously treated for fear-relatedaggression towards unknown people and environmental phobia due to poor humansocialisation. Pharmacological treatment with fluoxetine and trazodone, together withbehaviour modification, was started without success. Therefore, it was decided to repeatmedical tests. CT and MRI revealed a rostral middle raphe ossification defect incompat ible with the presence of the vomeronasal organ (VNO) and the absence of the septumpellucidum (SP). The dog was presumptively diagnosed with aggressiveness towardsunknown dogs due to an organic cause, a congenital anomaly with agenesis of the VNOand SP. This case shows the importance of both structures in the regular intraspecificinteractions of dogs
PB Wiley
SN 2052-6121
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/30771
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/30771
LA eng
NO Muñiz-de Miguel, S, Barreiro-Vázquez, JD, Sánchez-Quinteiro, P, Ortiz-Leal, I, González-Martínez, ÁG. Behavioural disorder in a dog with congenital agenesis of the vomeronasal organ and the septum pellucidum. Vet Rec Case Rep. 2023; 11:e571. https://doi.org/10.1002/vrc2.571
NO The authors received no specific funding for this work
DS Minerva
RD 28 abr 2026