In my last column, I talked about cranial cruciate ligament injuries: what they are and how they happen. So, let’s say the worst has happened and your dog injures her CCL. Your veterinarian says that ...

Agility dogs lacking core strength from routine physical exercise may be more susceptible to one of the most common canine knee injuries, a cranial cruciate ligament rupture, which is similar to an ...

The beagle had a ruptured cranial cruciate ligament (CCL). This condition, sometimes referred to as anterior cruciate ligament rupture, is the most common knee injury in the dog. The stifle or knee ...

One of the most common causes of lameness and pain in the hind leg of the dog is a torn cruciate ligament. Cruciate ligaments in the dog knee have a similar but more complex function than those in the ...

A retrospective observational study found that canines undergoing high tibial osteotomy (HTO) for cranial cruciate ligament ...

Pet owners often think that surgical repair is the only option to treat their pet’s orthopedic injury. But in the common case of a torn cranial cruciate ligament in dogs, a variety of other modalities ...

The confusion in diagnosing CaCL rupture comes from the initial position of the tibia in comparison with the femur. In a CaCL rupture, the tibia subluxates caudally. This is seen by a disappearance of ...