Your dog could be missing micronutrient. BORON
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 4:50 pm
Hello pet lovers,
If your dog is showing signs of becoming less active, occasional lameness and a stiff gait then they may be showing signs of osteoporosis - a cause of which could be a difficiency in a little-known micronutrient called Boron.
Bone is a matrix of living cells, fibrous material, and calcified minerals (mainly calcium). Boron is one of the micronutrients required for optimal health and is involved in maintaining good bone mineralisation. Boron is essential for proper assimilation of calcium into the bone matrix, or in simpler terms makes sure that calcium stays bound to the structure of the bone.
Calcium is what gives bone is strength; therefore if your pet becomes deficient in boron, over time calcium will begin to leach out of the bone, and be lost through urination. The result is weakening of the bones, commonly known as osteoporosis.
Osteoporosis also causes arthritis, as a result of the weakened bones (which also weakens the joints of the bones), and causes abnormal calcium deposits and bone spurs to grow outside the bone and on the joints. This is the classical "old age" arthritis we see in dogs, and is why Joint Support powder (with added boron) is so effective.
If your dog is showing signs of becoming less active, occasional lameness and a stiff gait then they may be showing signs of osteoporosis - a cause of which could be a difficiency in a little-known micronutrient called Boron.
Bone is a matrix of living cells, fibrous material, and calcified minerals (mainly calcium). Boron is one of the micronutrients required for optimal health and is involved in maintaining good bone mineralisation. Boron is essential for proper assimilation of calcium into the bone matrix, or in simpler terms makes sure that calcium stays bound to the structure of the bone.
Calcium is what gives bone is strength; therefore if your pet becomes deficient in boron, over time calcium will begin to leach out of the bone, and be lost through urination. The result is weakening of the bones, commonly known as osteoporosis.
Osteoporosis also causes arthritis, as a result of the weakened bones (which also weakens the joints of the bones), and causes abnormal calcium deposits and bone spurs to grow outside the bone and on the joints. This is the classical "old age" arthritis we see in dogs, and is why Joint Support powder (with added boron) is so effective.
