Re: [pyrnet] Cruciate Ligament Disease

[Jack & Charlotte Perry <pyreau@erols.com>]

Urs,
    Thank you for the very interesting site on PL.  The the very first Pyr we
got had PL.  The Vet told us to crate him for 2 weeks and he did outgrow it  and
lived to be 11 yrs with no lameness or arthritus. All the cases I have heard of
since seem to require surgery. Was interested to know that this problem is not
just in the US.
Charlotte

UrsHock wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Linda Weisser" <lmweisser@home.com>
> To: <pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 1:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [pyrnet] Cruciate Ligament Disease
>
> |
> | Well, I don't know that either but the one time that I encountered PL in
> | dogs that I bred was 3 in one litter (does that scream genetic?) all of
> | which occured in dogs from 11-13 months.  One case was bi-lateral, the
> other
> | two unilateral.  All of the luxations were lateral.  None of the dogs had
> | accompanying boney damage or cruciate problems.
> |
> | OTOH, when we see the more "classic" PL it is nearly always manefest in
> | puppies by 3-4 months, seems to have more or less rapid onset of clinical
> | signs,and is medial.
> |
> | Linda
>
> That's interesting, what we see over here, is the PL in puppies at 3 - 5
> months, uni- or bi-lateral and more in females than in males.
> Orthopedic diagnoses reveals as reasons:
> torsion of the femur, (bone above the knee), the tibia (bone below the
> knee)or that the place of the attachment of the patella tendon (the "string"
> which  attaches the kneecap)is not attached correctly in the middle of the
> tibia. Also the grove where the patella normally is embedded seems to be too
> shallow.
> Most cases which undergo surgery very quick after the diagnosis don't have
> problems later and walk normal.
> What  also is seen, is that the patella tends to slip, caused by too loose
> tendons and they outgrow this without any signs of PL later on and without
> treatment.
> A very interesting site about PL is:
> http://home.swipnet.se/~w-33901/patella.html#What
>
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