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Hypertrophic Osteodistrophy
Hypertrophic osteodystrophy (HOD) is developmental orthopedic disease that affects rapidly growing large- and giant-breed dogs between 2 and 8 months of age.
Symptoms vary from mild to severe and consists in warm, swollen and painful metaphyseal region in long bones.
Weimaraner is one of the overrepresented breeds affected by this condition.