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<blockquote data-quote="RD-Sam" data-source="post: 617690" data-attributes="member: 7927"><p>Looks pretty much identical to what I have been battling in breeding Chows. Causes of luxation at the patella joint are curved femors, which cause misalignment of the groove the patella rides in. Weak ligaments are another cause. Shallow patellar groove are another cause. It almost looked like there may have been a problem at the hip on that calf, but the video wasn't good enough to tell. Joint dysplasia is another problem I have been battling. Could be the calves whole problem is just weak ligaments, which will lead to degeneration of the joints.</p><p></p><p>It took decades of bad breeding practices to take it's toll on the Chow breed, but the breed is really taking a beating now, and it's hard to reverse all those bad years of breeding too.</p><p></p><p>What I want to know, is who is the suspect carrier that started the problem? You certainly would want to be careful of linebred animals from that carrier. I guess this is the downside to doing AI, if you never see the sire move, you never know for sure whether he is sound or not.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RD-Sam, post: 617690, member: 7927"] Looks pretty much identical to what I have been battling in breeding Chows. Causes of luxation at the patella joint are curved femors, which cause misalignment of the groove the patella rides in. Weak ligaments are another cause. Shallow patellar groove are another cause. It almost looked like there may have been a problem at the hip on that calf, but the video wasn't good enough to tell. Joint dysplasia is another problem I have been battling. Could be the calves whole problem is just weak ligaments, which will lead to degeneration of the joints. It took decades of bad breeding practices to take it's toll on the Chow breed, but the breed is really taking a beating now, and it's hard to reverse all those bad years of breeding too. What I want to know, is who is the suspect carrier that started the problem? You certainly would want to be careful of linebred animals from that carrier. I guess this is the downside to doing AI, if you never see the sire move, you never know for sure whether he is sound or not. [/QUOTE]
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