Every week, I can meet many friends to ask about pet joint injury or disease. Dog and cat owners often talk about some diseases, such as hip dysplasia in large dogs, patellar dislocation in small dogs, and chondropathy in cats. These are joint diseases, and most of them are closely related to heredity, which can not be changed according to the owner’s wishes.One This week’s special joint maintenance “Glucosamine &Chondroitin Tablet

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Most joint diseases are very painful. Continuous pain continues to torture the dog’s nerves, and will deteriorate over time, and eventually develop into loss of activity and complete paralysis. A large part of these mentioned above are mainly genetic reasons, and it is difficult to avoid attention in daily life. Therefore, preventing and slowing down the development of joint disease has become a difficult problem that all pet owners must face.

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How common are joint diseases? The following data will make pet owners panic.

According to statistics, one in five adult dogs has different degrees of joint disease;

The incidence rate of dysplasia of the hip is more than 50% in China. Among them, 90% of the earliest love problems are due to the genetic dysplasia of the hip. Our favorite golden hair, Labrador, Samoye and so on are the main dogs with this disease.

More than 90% of domestic elderly dogs suffer from degenerative arthropathy. The main cause of degenerative arthropathy is the uneven stress on the joints all year round, which gradually aggravates with age, which is generally common in cats and dogs over 10 years old. In addition, abnormal stress injury or disease accelerating the disappearance of cartilage is also an important reason for degenerative joint disease. When the disease leads to joint instability, uneven joint surface and uneven stress on cartilage, then cartilage wear will occur, the breaking speed of cartilage will be faster and the damage will be more serious.

The incidence rate of patellar dislocation is the highest among all joint diseases, especially small dogs, VIP, bear and so on. I’ve written about patellar dislocation before, which will lead to lameness without obvious pain and aggravate the condition unknowingly.

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Many friends have learned how to improve joint diseases through previous articles or forums. Chondroitin is the most commonly mentioned. However, we are optimistic that another substance “glucosamine”, also known as amino glucose, will be found in the ingredients of some joint supplements. It is composed of glutamine and glucose. Dogs themselves will produce this substance, but it will become less and less with age.

Glucosamine has three main functions: Glucosamine has natural anti-inflammatory properties and can delay the aging time of joints; It can also combine with collagen to produce and repair cartilage, alleviate the loss of cartilage and the reduction of synovial fluid. The main cause of pain in the later stage of degenerative joint disease is that there is basically no synovial fluid, resulting in direct collision and friction of bones; In addition to joint protection, it also has good benefits for intestinal health, helping to repair intestinal mucosa and reduce the occurrence of intestinal inflammation.

Before, a friend asked me that old dog food and adult dog food look similar. What’s the difference? Glucosamine is one of the important differences. Glucosamine is almost an additive in the old dog food, while only a small part will be added in the adult dog food. When dogs have suspected joint diseases or start to age, it is difficult to meet the standard by relying on dog food alone, so there are more nutritional supplements for dogs with glucosamine extracted from mussels alone. According to the statistics of Europe and America, the sales of joint nutritional supplements rank first among pet supplements all year round, which shows how much attention European and American pet owners pay to it.

The next time you choose joint nutrition, you should not only pay attention to the content of chondroitin, but also carefully check whether there is glucosamine.