Disease Ontology ID: DDTO:0000904

Another Name: canine panosteitis

Disease Description: A painful inflammatory bone disease of young, rapidly growing dogs, often characterized by increased eosinophils in the blood.

Inherit Mode: -

Disease Symptom: The clinical signs are those of a shifting-leg lameness which are self~limiting, but they may recur in two weeks to three months.

Disease Cause: The etiology is unknown, but the disease can be transmitted by injecting into the marrow cavity of susceptible dogs a bacteriafree and cell-free Seitz filtrate from the bone marrow of diseased dogs.

Disease Diagnose: Diagnosis is made by the clinical signs, history, blood chemistry, and radiographs.

Treat Method: Treatment is symptomatic with analgesics and corticosteroids for relief of the dog's discomfort.Two to three months after the initial attack there will be resolution of the lesion, and the bone will again appear normal radiographically.

Breeder Advice: -

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