Orientador: Luis Gustavo Gosuen Gonçalves Dias / Resumo: Identificar alterações nos músculos paravertebrais cervicais e do ligamento nucal que possam estar relacionadas à espondilomielopatia cervical (EMC) em cães das raças Doberman Pinscher (DP) e Dogue Alemão (DA). Determinar as áreas de secção transversa (AST) de músculos paravertebrais cervicais e identificar possível assimetria entre os antímeros. Classificar o grau de alteração morfológica destas musculaturas e correlacionar os achados com o quadro neurológico dos pacientes. Material e métodos – Estudo retrospectivo em que foram analisadas imagens transversais de ressonância magnética de 60 cães das raças Doberman Pinscher (DP) e Dogue Alemão (DA), sendo 29 clinicamente normais (CN) e 31 acometidos pela EMC. Foram mensuradas as AST dos músculos, a espessura do ligamento nucal e determinado o índice de assimetria dos músculos entre os antímeros. O grau de alteração morfológica, por meio da presença de hipersinal nos músculos extensores paravertebrais foi determinado e correlacionado aos sinais clínicos neurológicos. Resultados – Cães DP-EMC apresentaram menor AST dos mm. longo do pescoço ao nível de C5 (p < 0,034) e dos mm. cleidomastoideo ao nível de C3 (p < 0,017), C4 (p < 0,012) e C5 (p < 0,014), quando comparados aos DP-CN. Para os cães DA foram encontradas diferenças significativas entre as AST dos mm. cleidomastóideo ao nível de C5 (p < 0,022) e entre as espessuras do ligamento nucal, sendo que os cães DA-EMC apresentam menores AST e espessuras do ligamento. Para as duas... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The aim of this study was to identify changes in the cervical paravertebral muscles and nuchal ligament related to cervical spondylomyelopathy (CSM) disease in the Doberman Pinscher (DP) and Grate Dane (GD) breed dogs. Measure the cross-sectional area (CSA) of the selected paraspinal muscles and to assess their asymmetry. Also, to grade the morphological changes of the extensor muscles and correlate to the patient’s neurological status. Materials and methods – Retrospective resonance image study of 60 dogs: 29 clinically normal and 31 CSM-affected. The CSA of the muscles and the thickness of the nuchal ligament were measured, and the asymmetry index between the right and left sides of the selected extensor muscles was determined. The grades of morphological changes in the extensor muscles were obtained and associated to the patients’ neurological status. Results – Mean CSA of longus colli muscles at C5 (p < 0,034) and of cleidomastoideus muscles at the level of C3 (p < 0,017), C4 (p < 0,012) and C5 (p < 0,014) were significantly smaller in CSM-affected DP compared with those in the clinically normal DP. Significant differences were present between clinically normal and CSM-affected GD for the mean CSA of cleidomastoideus muscles at the C5 level (p < 0,022) and for the thickness of the nuchal ligament, with those measurements smaller in the CSM-affected dogs. All CSM-affected dogs were found to have high grades of morphological changes in the extensor muscles compared to the c... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Doutor