These are dogs that are predisposed to a variety of
joint cartilage disorders of genetic origin.
Not exact matches
The ability to manufacture them easily and abundantly as needed, however, is probably true only of people enjoying radiant good health.Common sense suggests that the millions of Americans suffering from stiff
joints, skin diseases and other collagen, connective tissue and
cartilage disorders might be suffering serious shortfalls of proline, glycine and other needed nutrients.
[NOTE: Bovine tracheal
cartilage's anti-inflammatory effects make it especially useful for
joint disorders.
This is a
disorder in which an imbalanced immune system mistakenly attacks and destroys tissue in the body, such as the brain, the thyroid, the pancreas,
joint cartilage, and more.
The method of claim 2, wherein said connective tissue
disorder is selected from the group consisting of degenerative
joint diseases,
joint defects, osteoarthritis, polychondritis, vascular disease,
cartilage injuries, progressive myopia and Menier's disease.
Dogs at higher risk include working dogs, over weight dogs, extremely active dogs or those that have one of the
disorders that affect
cartilage or collagen in the
joints.
This
disorder occurs when the
cartilage within the
joint develops a flap.
chondrodysplasia: any growth plate (
cartilage) disturbance resulting in canine dwarfism; in human pathology, it has a different meaning: enchondromatosis, a rare
disorder marked by enlarged
cartilage and tumors in
joints.