Clinical performance of dogs with knee degenerative joint disease treated with hyaluronic acid and chondroitin sulfate

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SERGIO ANDRÉS ARIAS SERRATO
CLEUZA MARÍA DE FARIA REZENDE
ELIANE GONÇALVES MELO

Abstract

THE AIM OF THIS STUDY WAS THE ASSESSMENT OF HYALURONIC ACID AND CHONDROITIN SULFATE ASSOCIATION IN THE TREATMENT OF DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE (DJD) IN DOGS. TEN MONGREL DOGS UNDERWENT SECTIONING OF CRANIAL CRUCIATE LIGAMENT, AND AFTER 21 DAYS, DEVELOPMENT OF DJD WAS CONFIRMED BY ARTHROSCOPY. ARTHROTOMY SUBSTITUTION OF CRANIAL CRUCIATE LIGAMENT WAS CARRIED OUT IN ALL ANIMALS. THE TREATMENT STARTED WITH HYALURONIC ACID (HA) PLUS CHONDROITIN SULFATE (CS) ON FIVE ANIMALS, WHILE REMAINING FIVE ANIMALS WERE USED AS A CONTROL GROUP. GAIT WAS ALTERNATIVELY RECORDED FOR NINETY DAYS AFTER CRANIAL CRUCIATE LIGAMENT SUBSTITUTION THE ANIMALS TREATED WITH HYALURONIC ACID AND CHONDROITIN SULFATE SHOWED LESSER MUSCULAR ATROPHY, DECREASE IN LAMENESS DEGREE AND EARLIER RETURN ON PHYSICAL ACTIVITY.
Keywords:
HYALURONIC ACID CHONDROITIN SULFATE DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE DOG

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