Meet Ralph, the goldendoodle. Ralph underwent a common ligament surgery for dogs known as a tibial plateau leveling osteotomy. Now researchers want to see if CBD can help him recover.
Our interest was due to a lot of interest in CBD for quite some time in veterinary medicine. Much like in the United States, it wasn’t technically legal for use in Canada in either animals or people, but people were using it. There were a lot of anecdotal reports, both positive and negative, lots of different types of products being used, so it was kind of like the Wild West.
Absolutely. That’s a big misconception. People think,"Oh, you’re studying this instead of studying other different types of analgesics," but no. We’re studying the standard analgesic protocol in addition to CBD, versus the standard analgesic protocol by itself. All of the animals are getting the gold standard of analgesia. The downside of that for our study is that it makes it really hard for CBD to show that it's beneficial, because the bar is really high.
Ralph the goldendoodle on a pressure-sensing walkway used to assess pain levels and limb function after surgery.This is the million-dollar question for our study: How do you actually show if the CBD is helping to improve that? We’re only looking at the first two weeks after the TPLO surgery. Logically, there’s no reason to think that the CBD would change the bone healing after months of time, and for a more practical reason, the dogs come back to the clinic for a recheck at two weeks.
Every vet clinic across North America sees cases of presumable THC intoxication in dogs, but there’s no test to actually verify that it was THC that caused the intoxication. Through blood work, we found that of the cases we had that were presumed to be cannabis toxicity, 37 out of 38 cases had quantifiable levels of THC in their plasma. It proved pretty conclusively that when the veterinarians thought they were dealing with cannabis toxicity, that’s exactly what it was.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Jody Gerson to Receive 2023 Ralph Peer II Award From International Music PublishersIt’s another first for the Universal Music Publishing Group chairman and CEO.
Read more »
Sheryl Lee Ralph recalls the power of a hug during candid moment on ‘Abbott Elementary’ setSheryl Lee Ralph says she paused a filming session of 'Abbott Elementary' to comfort one of the student actors.
Read more »
Meet the Corpus Christi woman who named the Tower of the AmericasSan Antonio's tallest structure got its name 57 years ago this week, courtesy of contest winner Rosa M. Gonzalez.
Read more »
Meet Troy’s 12-year-old sports technical directorWhenever the Trojans play at home, it’s often 12-year-old Ethan Prendergast running the broadcast.
Read more »
Meet the Badass Women Supporting Other Women in Their Health JourneysWho run the 🌎 — and are taking over WomensHealthcare? Girls! 🙋♀️🙋🏼♀️🙋🏽♀️🙋🏾♀️ a.k.a badass female entrepreneurs creating women’s health services & products. Learn how women are positively impacting other women’s lives 💪
Read more »
Meet the New Faces and Bots in 'Transformers: Rise of the Beasts' FeaturetteAnthony Ramos and Dominique Fishback star in the new mission for the Autobots!
Read more »