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By Jimmy Cox
 The word "pedigree" is derived from the French pied de gris, which translated means "crane's foot." Its use is due to the fancied resemblance to the long, spreading toes of the crane of the manner in which the lines of names diverge to record the ancestry of an animal.
The term "family tree" expresses the implied idea even better than does "crane's foot," for the generations of ancestry branch out from the individual as do the branches of a tree from a trunk. The trunk throws off two main limbs, analogous to the parents, each of which divides into two smaller limbs, the grandparents, and each of those limbs divide to form two even smaller limbs, the great grandparents, and those limbs may divide and subdivide ad infinitum to show the more and more remote generations of ancestry.
The pedigree of the dog is its family tree, the record of the names of its ancestors and of their relations to one another and to it. The pedigree often includes the name of the breeder of the dog, the date of the dog's |
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Saturday, 05 January 2008 |
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By John Hilaire
 Arthritis is a disease which presents itself in many different forms, and inflammatory arthritis is just one of these many forms. The term 'inflammatory arthritis' actually refers to those conditions of the joints that involve the immune system and inflammation, for example with osteoarthritis, the inflammation arises because the articular cartilage on the ends of the bones has actually worn away.
In rheumatoid arthritis however, the joint lining becomes inflamed as part of a systematic disease process. You will generally notice that your inflammatory arthritis pain will tend to appear first thing in the morning and then eke off after you have been sitting still for a while or simply moving around doing your daily activities, and this is what truly distinguishes it from degenerative arthritis, which is a form of arthritis where the pain worsens towards the end of the day, rather than at the beginning.
The Development of Inflammatory Arthritis
The development of inflammatory arthritis is quite different than any other type, and many forms of it are autoimmune disorders, in which the body basically works by |
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