Since panosteitis is a disease of the fatty bone marrow in the long leg bones of the adolescent or young adult dog, it may be that research on bone marrow will lead to an understanding of the etiology and hence the best treatments, cure, and prevention of the disease.
Not exact matches
Since then it has been reported in Sweden, Germany, Hungary, what was then Yugoslavia, and the United States, yet there is not as much information on this subject in the early scientific literature; there was no reference in several texts on orthopedic diseases, and Smith's otherwise comprehensive text on Veterinary Pathology had but a brief note on enostosis as «a German Shepherd Dog disease... analogous to eosinophilic
panosteitis.»
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Since there is a breed predisposition for
panosteitis (German Shepherd Dogs, Golden Retrievers, Basset Hounds, Doberman Pinschers, Labrador Retrievers and other large breeds), a valid theory is that there is a genetic component,» Dr. Forgeng explains.
Since almost all dogs will eventually outgrow signs of
panosteitis, just keeping them comfortable while they do it should be sufficient.
Eye and ear problems have not been experienced in any American Alsatian and
panosteitis, a genetic disease causing limping in young dogs, has not been seen in any dog
since 2004.