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Table 3 Age and body weight in relation to orthopaedic diagnosis at two Veterinary Teaching Hospitals

From: Breed susceptibility for common surgically treated orthopaedic diseases in 12 dog breeds

Disorder or injury

Age (years)

Weight (kg)

ED

1.0 (0.4–8.8)

30.0 (10.0–52.7)

 OC

0.9 (0.5–8.4)

32.0 (15.0–52.0)

 MCD

1.0 (0.4–8.8)

29.0 (10.0–52.7)

 UAP

0.5 (0.4–2.2)

33.5 (19.0–36.7)

Medial patellar luxation

2.0 (0.6–8.9)

4.9 (1.6–27.0)

CCLD

5.8 (0.9–12.0)

26.2 (4.0–66.0)

Fracture of the radius/ulna

1.0 (0.2–8.0)

3.0 (1.0–37.8)

  1. Data presented as median (range) and includes 984 dogs surgically treated for four common orthopaedic diseases at the University Animal Hospital, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and the University Animal Hospital, Norwegian University of Life Sciences over a 5-year period
  2. Italic is used to mark the diagnoses that is combined in the elbow dysplasia category
  3. ED elbow dysplasia, OC osteochondrosis, UAP ununited anconeal process, MCD medial compartment disease, CCLD cranial cruciate ligament disease
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Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

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