Prevalence, duration and risk factors for appendicular osteoarthritis in a UK dog population under primary veterinary care.

ABSTRACT: Osteoarthritis is the most common joint disease diagnosed in veterinary medicine and poses considerable challenges to canine welfare. This study aimed to investigate prevalence, duration and risk factors of appendicular osteoarthritis in dogs under primary veterinary care in the UK. The VetCompassTM programme collects clinical data on dogs attending UK primary-care veterinary practices. The study included all VetCompassTM dogs under veterinary care during 2013. Candidate osteoarthritis cases were identified using multiple search strategies. A random subset was manually evaluated against a case definition. Of 455,557 study dogs, 16,437 candidate osteoarthritis cases were identified; 6104 (37%) were manually checked and 4196 (69% of sample) were confirmed as cases. Additional data on demogra

SUBMITTER: Anderson KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5884849 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature