Mihăilă, IulianLazăr, ConstantinȘindilar, Eusebiu-ViorelVulpe, Vasile2026-06-092026-06-0920251454-7406https://repository.iuls.ro/handle/20.500.12811/6579Vegetative foreign bodies, especially grass awns, are a common cause of paw lesions in dogs and can be difficult to differentiate from other inflammatory conditions. The aim of this study is to evaluate the utility of ultrasound in the diagnosis of interdigital vegetative foreign bodies and for guiding surgical interventions. The study included 15 dogs with clinical signs of lameness and lesions at the level of the paw (swelling, erythema, fistulas with purulent secretion). All patients underwent high-resolution ultrasound examination, which allowed the identification of vegetal foreign bodies in the form of hyperechoic linear structures with hypoechoic core surrounded by hypoechoic inflammatory reaction. Subsequently, the foreign bodies were surgically removed through an incision located according to the ultrasound findings. In all cases, ultrasound facilitated precise localization of the foreign body and contributed to successful surgical extraction, with no recurrences at postoperative re-evaluations. The results confirm that ultrasound is a fast, noninvasive and efficient diagnostic method, useful both for identifying vegetal foreign bodies and for planning minimally invasive surgical procedures in dogs with penetrating lesions.EnglishAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/UltrasoundGrass AwnsForeign BodyDogSurgeryArticle2393-4603https://doi.org/10.61900/SPJVS.2025.04.05