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The bone scan of the forelimbs in this dog reveals increased up take in the regions where non-septic suppurative inflammation and trabecular infarction in the metaphyseal regions is present.
 
The bone scan of the forelimbs in this dog reveals increased up take in the regions where non-septic suppurative inflammation and trabecular infarction in the metaphyseal regions is present.
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Although infectious agents have not been identified histologically or cultured from dogs with HOD, canine distemper virus has been
 
Although infectious agents have not been identified histologically or cultured from dogs with HOD, canine distemper virus has been
 
detected in bone cells of dogs with HOD using in situ hybridization techniques. The association between HOD and canine distemper virus infection, however, remains speculative.
 
detected in bone cells of dogs with HOD using in situ hybridization techniques. The association between HOD and canine distemper virus infection, however, remains speculative.
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|q3=What treatment is appropriate for this dog?
 
|q3=What treatment is appropriate for this dog?
 
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Dogs that recover from HOD may have varying degrees of bone deformity depending on the severity of the disease. Permanent antebrachial bowing deformities associated with attenuated or arrested physeal growth can occur.
 
Dogs that recover from HOD may have varying degrees of bone deformity depending on the severity of the disease. Permanent antebrachial bowing deformities associated with attenuated or arrested physeal growth can occur.
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A photograph and craniocaudal view radiograph of the right distal antebrachium and carpus of a five-month-old, male Great Dane that is depressed, anorexic, febrile and reluctant to walk.


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