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Do you see Pano in any of your dogs? In all my years of owning a GSD, I have never had a pup that has gotten this. Dawn

I never have. Now here is an interesting topic! Stephen

I saw it just one (1) time with a young male a few years ago. After checking his elbow, pastern, hip, and hock joints with x-rays, it was determined that Pano was the only affliction that could be present. It passed on within a few weeks and never reappeared. I have not seen it since.

Dumb question, what is Pano or is that a typo meaning Parvo virus. If we are talking Parvo my answer is never. Though I did know of a pet store (probably all from puppy mills) that it wiped out there entire stock.

http://www.vetinfo.com/dencyclopedia/depano.html http://www.critterchat.net/pano.htm http://www.provet.co.uk/health/diseases/Panosteitis.htm Here are some links for you, EDD

I have had Pano or for clairity, Panosteitis occur in some of my DDR lines. It seems the heavier the bone the more likely the pup will be effected. It is simply "growing pains". The biggest problem is misdiagnoses by some Vets and upsetting everyone. Some Vets seem to like running up big bills checking for everything under the sun. I have NEVER had lasting problems caused by Panosteitis. The pain does seem pretty bad for the pup (onset usually 7 -14 months) and causes them to be depressed and go off feed. Some anti-inflammatory meds and everything is fine in a month or three.

I have a pup that has has pano since he was 5 months,he's now 8 months. He was putting all his weight onto his left leg because the pano was in his right leg. It was causing him to hyper extend his left leg and we had to be careful not to let him run, jump, or play because the vet was afraid he would break his wrist. I put him on synflex and 1000mg of msm and it has done wonders. He doesn't limp anymore and there is little to no hyper extending.

Good replies to EDD everyone. SunriseGSD, have you notice it more in the males (more bone mass + faster growth rate) than in the females? As I said, I once had had a young male veterinarian-diagnosed with this condition. We did dose him with anti-inflammatory agents (really don't like to use such things) plus crate him quite a bit, and he fully recovered. After I typed my message I remembered another episode with a different male puppy that occurred approximately one (1) year later. But, based on past experience I decided it was also Pano and let him have an easy life for several weeks. I saw the sympthoms disappear just as with the first male. Hence, my question about the affliction rate of males vs. females. Bob-O

Hey thanks alot SGBH, that provet site is really good. I can now say after reading Pano and OCD that my vet had told me one shepherd I had was OCD and in fact from the symptoms looks like it was Pano. He grew out of it. Thanks for the education and the Provet site I book marked it

I too have seen lots of pano, primarily in the American show lines I used to have.... mostly males but there is 1 female who had it briefly in the rear.and a German female as well .. I am pretty good at diagnosing it, although on xray it is so obvious and if there are ever questions, an xray will clear it up.... It is often call wandering lameness or long bone disease because it can hop from 1 leg to another and affects the longer bones.. Actually read in the 5 min vet consult testbook, that it is typically seen in ages 6 mos to about 24 months but has been documented as early as 2 months and as old as 5 years!! My husbands current agility dog, had his last bout just before he turned 3 along with a honker of a case of lyme disease...... It can be debilitating and they can get depressed and anorexic, but it does resolve and I am convinced genetics plays the bigger part in it....