Canine Hip Dysplasia
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In today's society, you can not pick up a newspaper without seeing numerous articles regarding medical advancements. Advancements in Cancer, AIDS, and many other diseases are happening every day. However, you only tend to hear about advancements pertaining to human medicine, what about all of our f ....
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.... (Smith,1997). In order to fully understand this disease, you must understand the canine hip. The normal canine hip is a ball and socket joint consisting of the acetabulum and femur (Minnier, 1996). The acetabulum and femur provide for a tight fit and allow pain free movement. In a dog with CHD, the fit between the acetabulum and femur is loose causing friction between the two bones. This is manifested by varying degrees of laxity of the muscles and ligaments around the hip joint along with i ....
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