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	Hip dysplasia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hip dysplasia is one of the most studied veterinary conditions in dogs, and the most common single cause of arthritis of the hips.
		In the normal anatomy of the hip joint, the thigh bone (femur) is connected to the pelvis at the hip joint.
		Hip modification surgeries include excision arthroplasty, in which the head of the femur is removed and reshaped or replaced, and pelvic rotation (also known as triple pelvic osteotomy, or pubic symphodesis) in which the hip socket is realigned, may be appropriate if done early enough.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hip_dysplasia (2495 words)

	H- Hip Dysplasia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Hip dysplasia literally means an abnormality in the development of the hip joint.
		It is characterized by a shallow acetabulum (the "cup" of the hip joint) and changes in the shape of the femoral head (the "ball" of the hip joint).
		Hip dysplasia may not ever be eliminated by programs designed to detect it early unless some effort is made to publish the results of diagnostic tests such as the OFA evaluation or PennHIP evaluations, openly.
	www.vetinfo.com /dencyclopedia/dehipdysp.html (1178 words)

	Southern California Veterinary Surgical Group - Canine Hip Dysplasia
		Canine hip dysplasia is characterized by varying degrees of hip joint laxity (looseness of the hip joint), subluxation (partial dislocation), and ultimately, severe arthritic change.
		Hip dysplasia is an inherited, developmental disease with a polygenic mode of inheritance.
		Treatment of hip dysplasia can be conservative or surgical, The objectives of conservative therapy are to relieve pain and maintain limb function, as well as to continue the dog in as normal a level of activity as possible.
	www.artreality.com /portfolio/wdwork/vet/caninehipdysplasia.htm (1495 words)

	UNDERSTANDING HIP DYSPLASIA AND HIP SCORING
		Hip Dysplasia is a polygenetic inherited condition that is affected by environmental influences such as weight, diet and exercise, which can interact to cause rapid wear and tear of the hip joint leading to arthritic change.
		Hip Dysplasia is a definite problem in Saint Bernards that needs to be assessed and taken into account before heavily working or breeding with an animal.
		Hip Dysplasia is a complex genetic and environmental problem but should be kept in its proper perspective relative to the breed as a whole.
	www.acay.com.au /~dissi/sbc/hipdys.htm (1139 words)

	Hip Dysplasia
		Hip dysplasia is a congenital disease that affects mostly large breed dogs.
		A dog that has hip dysplasia in one socket is prone to having a problem with the ligaments of the knee in the other leg (anterior cruciate rupture).
		Hip Dysplasia is diagnosed based on a history of weakness or lameness to the rear legs, especially after exercise or when first getting up after resting.
	www.lbah.com /canine/hip_dysplasia.htm (2044 words)

	Topics of Interest > Hip Dysplasia
		Hip Dysplasia is a hereditary disease that affects the hip joints of dogs.
		Hip dysplasia is characterized by a looseness in the hip joint that causes abnormal wear and tear on the femoral head (the ball part of this ball and socket joint) and the acetabulum (the socket).
		Hip dysplasia can be seen in some dogs as young as five or six months of age.
	www.southpaws.com /topics/hip-dysplasia.htm (709 words)

	hipdysplasia
		The hip joint is a "ball and socket" joint: the "ball" (the top part of the thigh bone or femur) fits into a "socket" formed by the pelvis.
		Hip dysplasia is the most common inherited orthopedic disease in large and giant breed dogs, and occurs in many medium-sized breeds as well.
		While there is a severe form of hip dysplasia that affects young dogs (less than one year of age), signs of this disease are most common in older dogs.
	www.upei.ca /~cidd/Diseases/musculoskeletal/hipdysplasia.htm (1160 words)

	Orthoseek \| Orthopedic Topics \| Hip Dysplasia
		Hip Dysplasia is a comprehensive term that has been used to include a spectrum of related developmental hip problems in infants and children, often present at birth.
		The position of hip stability is abduction in flexion, and this is the position often used in treatment.
		For the child discovered to have hip dysplasia within the first 6 weeks of life, treatment in a Pavlik harness is successful in more than 90% of cases.
	www.orthoseek.com /articles/hipdys.html (1321 words)

	Veterinary medicine - Unilateral Hip Dysplasia, Nutrition, Exercise, and Pain Relief
		Hip dysplasia is a common developmental problem affecting the canine population.
		Hip dysplasia is a complex, inherited, polygenic trait.
		It was found that hip dysplasia was more frequent, occurred earlier, and became more severe in the dogs with a rapid weight gain caused by increased caloric intake than in the dogs which had a low weight gain because of restricted feeding.
	www.showdogsupersite.com /hips.html (3461 words)

	Canine Hip Dysplasia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The hip is a ball and socket joint, in a normal hip the ball fits snugly into the socket, forming a pivot point.
		Hip dysplasia is a multifactorial trait, which means that a number of different factors can contribute to it.
		Hip dysplasia is an inherited disease with a polygenic (influenced by more than one gene) mode of inheritance.
	www.thedogscene.co.uk /articles/health/hd.htm (924 words)

	German Shepherds all the time at Schaferhund.Com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Canine Hip Dysplasia (CHD) is a developmental disorder of the hip that begins with joint laxity and progresses to arthritis over a period of several months to years.
		Conversely the development of hip dysplasia can be delayed, and its severity diminished when the growth rate of pups is restricted.
		It measures the passive hip joint laxity or "looseness" of the hip ball in the hip socket under sedation or anesthesia.
	www.schaferhund.com /hipdysplasia.htm (1109 words)

	Hip Dysplasia - A Mini Tutorial for the Puppy Buyer
		The hip joint is a ball (top part of the thigh bone) and socket (pelvis) joint, held together by the fit of the bones, ligaments, and muscles.
		Abnormal development of the hip joint is characterized by laxity (looseness) that leads to abnormal wear of the joint, which can lead to osteoarthritic changes and pain.
		Because Hip Dysplasia is a complex disease, involving the development of the bones of the hip joints, ligaments and muscles, there is no simple genetic blood test to identify dogs with the disease.
	www.goldendoodles.com /hd_mini_tutorial.htm (1943 words)

	Hip Dysplasia
		Canine Hip Dysplasia is a relatively common disorder in veterinary medicine.
		Hip Dysplasia is a disease that affects development of the hip joint in a young dog.
		Signs of Hip Dysplasia in young dogs are generally thought to be from small irritations or even minor fractures occurring in the bone spurs that form around the socket.
	www.spinone.com /hipdysplasia.htm (1482 words)

	MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Developmental dysplasia of the hip
		Developmental dislocation of the hip joint; Developmental hip dysplasia; DDH; Congenital dysplasia of the hip; Congenital dislocation of the hip; CDH
		The hip is a ball and socket joint with the ball (called the femoral head) coming from the top part of the femur (thigh bone) and the socket (called the acetabulum) coming from the pelvis.
		Problems resulting from very mild developmental dysplasia of the hip may not become apparent until the person is in their 30's or 40's.
	www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/ency/article/000971.htm (655 words)

	Hip Dysplasia In Dogs, X-rays and Description at ThePetCenter.com
		Because Hip Dysplasia in dogs is a complex topic, it requires extensive consideration in order to have a good understanding of its nature.
		A good hip joint has a neat, snug fit between the ball and socket - that is, the head of the femur should not be slipping and slopping around somewhere in the neighborhood of the acetabulum!
		Whether this is a contributing factor or a result of hip dysplasia remains to be proven.
	www.thepetcenter.com /xra/hd.html (3132 words)

	Canine Hip Dysplasia
		Adding to hip dysplasia genetic influences are the environmental factors which add complexity to the disease.
		This causes interference with the ossification (the formation of bone or a bony substance) of the ace tabular (hip socket) rim, erosion and fibrillation of the joint cartilage, stretching of the round ligament, inflammatory changes in the synovial membrane (joint lining), thickening of the joint capsule (joint casement) and formation of osteophytes (bone spurs).
		When the genetic potential for dysplasia in dogs is present, feeding a high calorie, high protein diet which produces rapid weight gain will increase the incidence and severity of the disease.
	www.yourdoghealth.com /canine_hip_dysplasia.htm?source=overture (401 words)

	Canine Hip Dysplasia
		The muscles that cause rotation of the hip (not shown) are also extremely important for hip stability.
		The expression hip dysplasia can be interpreted as the abnormal or faulty development of the hip.
		At 15 months, laxity is accompanied by the development of "mild" to "moderate" DJD: the femoral heads appear slightly "flattened", the femoral necks are beginning to thicken and the acetabular rims are in the early stages of remodeling.
	www.pennhip.org /chd_intro.html (682 words)

	Canine Hip Dysplasia
		Canine Hip Dysplasia (CHD) is an abnormality or malformation in the development of the hip joint, which is characterized by the Cup of the hip joint (acetabulum) and the ball of the hip joint (femoral head).
		Infection is the most common occurrence associated with hip replacement and is directly related to the number of surgeries and the duration of the procedure.
		We know this is an inherited disease, but identifying the hip dysplasia gene is difficult because this seems to be a polygenic disorder, with several different genes responsible.
	www.geocities.com /schlosser44/CHD.html (5728 words)

	Dog Owner's Guide: When Ranger has hip dysplasia . . .
		Hip dysplasia is a polygenetic disease, one that is caused by several genes, with an environmental influence.
		The hip joint is a ball and socket arrangement in which the femoral head (the ball) of the thigh bone (the femur) fits into the acetabulum (the socket) of the pelvic structure.
		Like humans with an injury, dogs with hip dysplasia may compensate for the loss of rear end motion and the pain involved in weight-bearing exercise by shifting balance, a disturbance that can cause spinal problems.
	www.canismajor.com /dog/dys01.html (1381 words)

	SiriusDog.com - Hip Dysplasia
		The resulting mechanical looseness of the joint (hip laxity or subluxation) causes abnormal wear on the cartilage that line the femoral head.
		Although genes play a big role in the development of canine hip dysplasia (CHD), not everything about the disease is hereditary.
		Research also shows that puppies that have constant (ad libitum) access to food have more hip-joint laxity at 30 weeks and higher incidence of hip dysplasia at 2 years than their counterparts consuming 25-percent less food on restricted feeding schedule.
	siriusdog.com /articles/hip-dysplasia-ofa-pennhip-laxity.htm (1712 words)

	rec.pets.dogs: Canine Medical Information [Part 2/2] FAQ
		Development Regardless of what the initiating factor or factors may be, abnormal looseness of the hip joint after 2 weeks of age seems to be the event most commonly reported to result in hip dysplasia.
		In Corley and Keller's opinion, a dog with excellent hips but with more than 25% of its brothers and sisters affected with hip dysplasia is a poorer breeding prospect than a dog with fair hips and less than 25% of its brothers and sisters exhibiting dysplasia.
		Treatment of Hip Dysplasia In many cases, simple restriction of exercise and perhaps aspirin as directed by the vet is all that the dog needs to remain comfortable.
	www.faqs.org /faqs/dogs-faq/medical-info/part2 (7821 words)

	Dog Owner's Guide: PennHip method of diagnosing hip dysplasia
		When canine hip dysplasia (CHD) was first described in the 1930s, it was thought to be a rare condition.
		The distraction index (DI) used in the PennHip method serves as a measurement of passive hip laxity, the degree of looseness of the hip joint when the dog's hips are completely relaxed.
		Dogs with a DI of 0.3 have tighter hips and are less likely to develop DJD, while those with looser hips whose DI values approach 0.7 or more are at greater risk.
	www.canismajor.com /dog/pennhip1.html (1293 words)

	Wing-N-Wave Labradors Dysplasia Part II
		Hips are then scored as the number of degrees in the formed angle.
		However, this method measures the separation distance of the femoral head center (ball of hip) from the acetabular center (socket) while the hip joint is forced to luxate, then divides this measurement by the radius of the femoral head (ball of hip).
		In 1993, a study of joint laxity and its association with hip dysplasia in Labrador Retrievers was conducted at Cornell University.
	www.labbies.com /dysp2.htm (2654 words)

	Hip Dysplasia information
		The x-rays showed laxity in the left hip, and they were able to exhibit the Ortolani sign (dislocation/clicking in the hip with a certain type of movement).
		On the left hip joint, the femoral head is positioned so that between 1/4 to 1/2 of the head is in the socket.
		She says that with this therapy it is possible to arrest the dysplasia at this stage.
	www.hsutopia.com /hd.html (3566 words)

	Hip Dysplasia in Dogs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		I understand that hip replacement is usually done in older dogs and may not be the surgery of choice for a younger, still growing, dog.
		Ole- One of the surgeries for correction of hip dysplasia is a procedure known as a triple pelvic osteotomy.
		There was a paper written on the use of Adequan (an injectable glucosamine) in growing puppies with signs of hip dysplasia in which great improvement was seen in the long term outcome for puppies treated during the growth phase.
	www.vetinfo.com /ddyspla.html (11465 words)

	Your Animal's Health -- with Dr. Wendell O. Belfield
		During the 1960's, Dr. Wayne Riser, a veterinary pathologist, collaborated with a geneticist and postulated the concept that CHD was "polygenetic with environmental overtones" and during this time frame, the term "Canine Hip Dysplasia" was born.
		In 1976, The author published his observations ("Chronic Subclinical Scurvy and Canine Hip Dysplasia") in his small animal practice through the administration of vitamin C to prevent CHD.
		The hip abnormality is the result of an injury.
	www.belfield.com /article5.html (978 words)

	Ester-C: Miracle Cure for Hip Dysplasia???
		Richardson had kept him on a maintenance dose of Ester-C. The dog was moving with a fluid grace and power in the hips.
		He noticed slight improvement in the severity of the dysplasia but said the hip joint had clearly succumbed to degenerate arthritis from the dysplastic hip joint banging around in and out of the socket.
		In the case of a dog's hip joint, this can mean that adequate cushioning no longer exists.
	www.workingdogs.com /doc0039.htm (2197 words)

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