Influence of Nutrition at Young Age on Canine Hip Dysplasia in German Shepherd Dogs

DATE: 2013

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LINK:

https://asiakas.kotisivukone.com/files/dogrisk.kotisivukone.com/INFLUENCE_OF_NUTRITION_AT_YOUNG_AGE.pdf

INTRODUCTION:

Canine Hip dysplasia (CHD) is one of the most common orthopedic problems seen in small animal practice. It is considered a polygenic multifactorial disease with quantitative trait inheritance leading to osteoarthritis. Additionally to the genes, also environment plays a key role in development of CHD. To be able to analyze the relationship between different type of food items or diets and disease, data were gathered through a huge owner oriented internet questionnaire: The DOGRISK data.