Developmental bone disorders are diseases of the growing skeleton. The best-known ones, panosteitis and hypertrophic osteodystrophy, belong to dogs. Cats have their own, smaller list: an inherited cartilage and bone disease of Scottish Fold cats, bone disease from unbalanced diets, and a few rare syndromes. This guide separates what is canine from what is feline.
Key facts
Developmental bone disorders (panosteitis, hypertrophic osteodystrophy) at a glance- Species and system: kittens and young cats; musculoskeletal.
- Canine diseases, not feline: panosteitis (feline cases are anecdotal only) and hypertrophic osteodystrophy (young, growing large and giant breed dogs).
- Feline conditions: Scottish Fold osteochondrodysplasia (TRPV4 variant), nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism (all-meat diets), hypervitaminosis A (liver diets), and rare ones such as multiple cartilaginous exostoses and patellar fracture and dental anomaly syndrome.
- Diagnosis: signalment, diet history, radiographs; targeted blood tests.
- Treatment: mostly dietary correction and pain control; there is no cure for the genetic disease.
What's inside
11 sections in the full guide- Key facts
- How the NAVLE tests this
- Panosteitis and HOD: canine diseases
- Scottish Fold osteochondrodysplasia
- Nutritional bone disease
- Other conditions named by MSD
- Differential diagnoses
- Prevention and prognosis
- Quick review
- Test yourself
- References
The full guide also has 3 tables, 1 figure, 3 self-test questions and 11 references, available to NAVLE members.
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