Dog Bite Wounds: A Retrospective Study (114 Cases)

Epidemiology of bite wounds in dogs resulted from intraspecies conflict were treated and evaluated from 114 records in 1999-2003 at Small Animal Clinic, Department of Surgery, University of Adnan Menderes in Aydın. Type and time of injury and body areas injured were rewieved in 105 dogs and 9 cats that were bitten by dogs. Male dogs were more frequently bitten than females. The weight distribution of the dog population was varied 61% for small, 14% for medium and 24% for large dogs. The median age of dogs was 2 years (range 1-13 years) and 1.5 years cat (range 1-3 years). The distribution of bite wound injuries over the year was recorded with peaks in May (16 %), April (11%), and October (10%). Cats are not as frequently bitten as dogs.