Archive for April, 2009

Canine Hip Dysplasia – Does Your Lab Have it?

To sum it up:
Difficult to prevent and treat, canine hip dysplasia is among the most studied and the most frustrating diseases in veterinary medicine. 
Canine hip dysplasia is a developmental orthopedic disease in which an abnormal formation of the hip leads to looseness in the hip joints, causing cartilage damage.  Progressive arthritis can result, and [...]

hip dysplasia?

Here is how Wikipedia describes Hip Dysplasia (referring to dogs)…
a condition affecting the hip joint, which occurs in humans but is more commonly associated with animals, especially dogs (Canine hip dysplasia).
Hip dysplasia is an abnormal formation of the hip socket that, in its more severe form, can eventually cause crippling lameness and painful arthritis of [...]