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Hypertrophic osteodystrophy in a cattle dog

Authors: Thomson KS, Carbery JT
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 24, Issue 11, pp 267, Nov 1976
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Companion animal, Dog
Subject Terms: Skeletal/bone/cartilage, Joint/arthrology, Locomotor
Article class: Clinical Communication

Abstract: Hypertrophic osteodystrophy is a skeletal disease of growing dogs (Meier et al 1957), usually affecting the larger breeds. There is subperiosteal haemorrhage followed by periosteal hyperplasia and calcification. Low levels of ascorbic acid in the blood have been associated with the syndrome. Differential diagnosis includes trauma, panosteitis, systemic viral or bacterial infection with joint involvement, secondary nutritional hyperparathyroidism, and pulmonary osteoarthropathy (Dueland, 1974)…

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