A beach day turned painful for a Bichon Frise who tore his cruciate ligament. After TPLO surgery, he's healing well and ...

In dogs, the most common knee injury is a rupture or tear of the cranial cruciate ligament. Often it is the young, active, large breed dog that ends up with a cranial cruciate tear, but it can also ...

In dogs, most cruciate tears result from degeneration, obesity, poor physical condition, conformation, and breed. 2 Canines commonly experience partial CCL tearing that, over time, progresses to a ...

If your dog goes lame in one of their hind legs, they may have torn or ruptured their cranial cruciate ligament, or CCL -- similar to the ACL in humans.

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.

The cranial cruciate ligament (CCL) is a structure that can be frequently injured (Bollen, 1998) and is one of the main causes of hind limb lameness in dogs (Piermattei et al., 2006; Korvick et al., ...

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If the tibia has more movement, or if the ligament is loose compared with the other knee, the anterior drawer test is considered to be positive — indicating an injury to the ACL.

Cranial cruciate ligament injuries are the number one reason pet owners see vets for surgical consultations. The CEO and inventor of Dog & Drive said: "Our mission is to ensure dogs maintain their ...

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This is because Maci was diagnosed with a congenital disorder called "bilateral cranial cruciate ligament rupture" due to the angle of her tibia bones. She’ll need two expensive surgeries to fix the ...