Sentences with phrase «nucleus pulposus degeneration»

Type I --(Nucleus pulposus degeneration and extrusion) Smaller breeds of dogs or dogs that have disproportionately short limbs which are two years old or over are more likely to suffer from Type I of this disc disease.

Type I involves nucleus pulposus degeneration and extrusion.

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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.

With this degeneration comes a hardening and eventual herniation of the nucleus pulposus contained within the disc.