Dr Victor Poon

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Hip dysplasia

Hip dysplasia (HD) is a common developmental orthopedic disorder involving excessive hip joint laxity and malformation that often lead to subluxation of the femoral head and secondary osteoarthritis (OA). Pain associated with HD is usually related to OA.💢.Diagnosis of HD can be made early in life, before onset of OA, thereby providing an opportunity to

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Leptospirosis Part 2 🦠

Pathophysiology + clinical signs Leptospires multiply quickly once they enter the blood stream.🩸 They attach to the blood vessel and cause vasculitis then spread and replicate in many organs, including the kidneys, liver, spleen, eyes, genital tract, and central nervous system (CNS)🧠. Severity of disease depends on the virulence of the organism and host susceptibility.

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Leptospirosis Part 1 🦠

Leptospirosis is a disease caused by infection with bacterial spirochetes of the genus Leptospira🦠.There are many serovars of leptospira and the vaccines in hong kong usually only protect 2 to 4 serovars. Unfortunately there are no cross-protection between them therefore even fully vaccinated animal can get infected. 😕..Leptospiral organisms prefer warm, moist, alkaline environments.💧 They

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