Sentences with phrase «aged chondrodystrophic breeds»
Intervertebral disk disease occurs primarily in middle - aged chondrodystrophic breeds (3 to 6 years).
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The most common cause is the natural degeneration of the disk that occurs in the chondrodystrophic breeds when young, and the larger breed dogs as they age.
In Chondrodystrophic breeds, premature calcification of the nucleus pulposus at early age (from birth to 1 year of age) results in degeneration of all discs in young dogs.