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New Abstracts of the week

Specific bioactive collagen peptides (PETAGILE® ) as supplement for horses with osteoarthritis: A two-centred study.

J Anim Physiol Anim Nutr (Berl). 2018 Apr;102 Suppl 1:16-23.

Further long-term investigations on specific BCP efficacy in horses with osteoarthritis, preferably in blinded and placebo-controlled studies, should be performed to confirm these first positive results.

Small animal: Arthritis - Osteoarthritis

Large animal: Equine

End-threaded intramedullary positive profile screw ended self-tapping pin (Admit pin) - A cost-effective novel implant for fixing canine long bone fractures

Vet World. 2018 Feb;11(2):181-185. Epub 2018 Feb 13.

The end-threaded intramedullary positive profile screw ended self-tapping pin used for fixation of long bone fractures in canines can resist pin migration, pin breakage, and all loads acting on the bone.

Small animal: Fracture Fixation and Implants

Joint Genomic Prediction of Canine Hip Dysplasia in UK and US Labrador Retrievers

Front Genet. 2018 Mar 28;9:101. eCollection 2018.

In this study of canine hip dysplasia, little or no benefit was gained from using a joint training set as compared to using a single population as training set.

Small animal: Hip

Incoming meetings and courses

September 12, 2018 to September 15, 2018

WVOC 2018

5th World Veterinary Orthopaedic Congress ESVOT-VOS

Barcelona, Spain

Full paper offered by V.C.O.T.

Vcot

Comparison of Three Methods to Quantify Laxity in the Canine Hip Joint

Bart J. G. Broeckx, Aldo Vezzoni, Evelien Bogaerts, Mileva Bertal, Tim Bosmans, Emmelie Stock, Dieter Deforce, Luc Peelman, Jimmy H. Saunders

Objectives: Comparison of PennHIP and a novel method to diagnose hip laxity, called the Vezzoni modified Badertscher distension device technique.