Cecilia Rohdin, Chao Wang, Gustaf Brander, Veronica Rondahl, Åsa Karlsson, Lisa Friling, Anthony Fischetti, Jennifer Meadows, Jens Häggström, Karin Hultin Jäderlund, Ingrid Ljungvall, Kerstin Lindblad-Toh
Rickets is a disorder of bone development and can be the result of either dietary or genetic causes. Here, related pugs from 2 litters were included. Three pugs had clinical signs including, lameness, bone deformities, and dyspnea. One other pug was found dead. Radiographs of 2 affected pugs, 5 and 6 months old, showed generalized widening, and irregular margination of the physes of both the appendicular and the axial skeleton with generalized decrease in bone opacity and bulbous swelling of the costochondral junctions...
2023: Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine