Canine Hip Dysplasia - The Real Causes
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Canine Hip Dysplasia NOT genetic and taking x-rays and breeding dogs with good or excellent OFA hip ratings to other dogs who also have good to excellent hip ratings, does NOT prevent it! Learn the real causes!
Hip dysplasia is not a "genetic malformation of the hip socket"as commonly thought, but rather a weakness in the ligaments that support the hip joint. This allows the ball of this ball-in-socket joint to bang away at the joint surface, preventing the socket from forming properly. In other words, the instability created by weak supportive ligaments keeps the body from being able to manufacture a deep, smooth hip socket for the ball to fit snuggly into, resulting in the flattening of the acetabulum (hip socket) and a squaring of the femoral head (the ball).
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