• Hip Dysplasia
• Panosteitis
• Elbow Dysplasia
  

Hip Dysplasia - As with many other large breeds, Shilohs can also be succeptable to hip dysplasia, a genetic disorder characterized by incomplete growth of the hip. While more rare, there have been some instances of osteochondritis, a condition where a piece of bone or cartilage breaks away, causing pain and stiffness in the affected joint. Skeletal disorders often require long term treatement and therapy.

• OFA on Hip Dysplasia {www.offa.org/hipinfo.html}
• Hip Dysplasia: Diagnosis - Treatment - Prevention {http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=2&cat=1569&articleid=444}
• Hip Dysplasia Research, Finland 2005 {http://jhered.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/97/1/13}
• Surgery for hip dysplasia {www.thepetcenter.com/sur/fhn.html}
• Surgery and other treatments for HD {www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1687007}

Panosteitis, similar to growing pains, is a self limiting condition exhibited by shifting leg lameness that may occur during a Shiloh's growth stages. As is common in other large breeds, onset can be sudden but episodes usually resolve within a few weeks and cease when the dog reaches physical maturity.

• Panosteitis {www.gsdhelpline.com/pano.htm}

Elbow dysplasia is a general term used to identify an inherited polygenic disease in the elbow of dogs. Three specific etiologies make up this disease and they can occur independently or in conjunction with one another. They include FCP -the pathology involving the medial coronoid of the ulna; OCD -osteochondritis of the medial humeral condyle in the elbow joint and UAP -ununited anconeal process.

• OFA on Elbow Dysplasia {www.offa.org/elbowinfo.html}
• Diagnosis, treatment & frequency of elbow dysplasia from NZVA {www.vets.org.nz/NZVA/QAPs/Dysplasia/elbow/elbowdys.htm}
• Surgery for OCD {www.thepetcenter.com/xra/ocd.html}