Influence of nutrition at young age on canine hip dysplasia in German Shepherd dogs
@inproceedings{Grundstrm2014InfluenceON, title={Influence of nutrition at young age on canine hip dysplasia in German Shepherd dogs}, author={S. Grundstr{\"o}m}, year={2014} }
Canine Hip dysplasia (CHD) is one of the most common orthopedic problems seen in small animal practice. It is considered a polygenic multifactorial disease with quantitative trait inheritance leading to osteoarthritis. Additionally to the genes, also environment plays a key role in development of CHD. To be able to analyze the relationship between different type of food items or diets and disease, data were gathered through a huge owner oriented internet questionnaire: The DOGRISK data.
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