The importance of cartilage

Nutritional supplements, namely the so-called chondroprotektiva - cartilage protecting compounds, as in recent years frequently discussed topic in the diet of humans and animals. For dogs, stressing the desirability of periodic administration mainly in large and giant breeds.

But the dogs suffer from a smaller increase in the musculoskeletal diseases, the administration of these substances can prevent or mitigate its clinical manifestations. Especially the dachshund is very often confronted with disease meziobratlovych plotenek called protruze / disk extrusion or prolapse of intervertebral discs. This is a serious disease that significantly limits physical activity the animal is very painful and in many cases has resulted in even paralysis, enuresis, and so on. I believe therefore that the early pre-emptive administration of preparations containing collagen and glucosamine, as pojivovym supplying musculoskeletal tissues (meziobratlovym plotenkam, joint chrupavkam, vase) basic characteristics - strength and flexibility,may contribute significantly to spokojenemu life dachshund, whether on domestic or mazlika active retriever.

Understanding the disease meziobratlovych plotenek is certainly a place for small-scale anatomical introduction. The backbone consists of kostenych units - the vertebrae. These are pospojovany a special type of joint connection, which includes so-called intervertebral disk (disk). This can be compared to a cushion, which absorb shocks between the vertebrae while permitting their movement. Disk consists of two parts: geloviteho Center - drenoveho core and the outer ring vazivoveho, consisting of concentrically arranged layers vazivove cartilage. Intervertebral discs immediately adjacent to the cartilagenous end disk,covering the adjacent vertebrae and the parties kostenych disks supplied the necessary nutrients. Joint connection is, like limb joints, ligaments hard. For proper functioning of the spine as a whole, protecting the spinal cord necessary for life and bearing the burden of the whole body is very important and correct structure and function of all its components.

With pathological changes meziobratlovych plotenek has been linked with a higher age, regardless of the breed of dog. The dachshund can occur meziobratlovych plotenek changes from the eighth month of age. This process is called chondroidni metaplazie and are characterized by a change in the concentration of individual chemical components (glycosaminoglycans, water and collagen) disk. The result is a loss of, necessary for proper function,elastic properties. Once the discs degeneration reaches a certain level, it may even normal physical activity cause rupture of the outer ring vazivoveho prolapse, and large quantities of explosive materials in the core of the spinal canal. The meat then compresses the spinal cord or the nerve fibers and the resulting existence of clinical manifestations of this disease.

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