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Hypertrophic osteodystrophy, commonly abbreviated HOD, is a bone disease known under many different names, including metaphyseal osteopathy, osteodystrophy II, skeletal scurvy, and Moller-Barlow’s disease. Hypertrophic osteodystrophy can be very painful for the dog and causes severe lameness – often in more than one limb.
