Article From SubmitYOURArticle.com: Chronic Hip Disease in Canines

Canine Hip Dysplasia is a very common
degenerative disease among dogs. Some people
commonly mistake it as a form of arthritis, but
this is not so. Dogs who have hip dysplasia
develop arthritis because of the disease, but it
is not arthritis in itself. This disease is
commonly found in medium to large-sized dogs who
have a rapid rate of growth. This causes severe
pain to the animal and may affect the degree of
their mobility. Hip dysplasia is an incurable
disease and even though you check it in its early
stages, the best that you can do is to lessen the
pain that your dog experiences or to get some
corrective surgery, which involves a lot of risks.

Hip dysplasia occurs when the hip joint is formed
abnormally. This will cause some looseness in the
joints that will give him several problems as a
result. The common results are immobility and
severe pain. Those who suffer from a severe form
of dysplasia are notable to move their hinds at
all. Dysplasia occurs in several degrees, from
the slightest form to the complete dislocation of
the hip socket.

The leading cause of hip dysplasia in dogs is
through genetics or heredity. If one or both of
the parents have genes that cause hip dysplasia,
then there is a great chance for their offspring
to acquire this disease, too. These genetic
conditions are called "heritability factoring."
This determines the likelihood that your dog will
acquire the disease through his parent's genes.
Traits which are definitely determined by
heredity, such as gender and color of the eyes,
have a heritability factor of 1, meaning that
this condition is caused by genetic factors.
Other conditions that are not acquired by
heredity have a 0 heritability factor. Research
by scientists has shown that canine hip dysplasia
has a heritability factor ranging from .25 to
.85. This means that this disease has a 25 to 85%
chance of being inherited by the offspring. Other
causes may include, injuries in the hips during
the puppies early weeks, but heredity is the
major cause in most incidents of canine hip
dysplasia. Canine hip dysplasia has no
cure.

You can only apply some medication to treat the
symptoms of the disease to help alleviate the
pain. If you would like to treat it definitely,
you may consider having your dog undergo surgery.
To avoid getting hip dysplasia in puppies, you
must choose carefully the genetic background of
their parents. If you see any signs of CHD in
them, you should not use them as breeding
animals. To ensure that breeding dogs do not have
this disease, they must be undergo X-ray
examinations first while still young to see if
they have any signs of the disease. Sometimes,
even healthy-looking dogs who d not display the
least sign of CHD, can actually have the disease.

It's vital that dog owners understand this
disease and know what the possible treatments are
for canines suffering from it.

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