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Deciphering Pet Cranial Cruciate Ligament Tears

When watching sports, you may cringe seeing an athlete clutch their knee, likely due to a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), which stabilizes the knee. Did you know pets can tear a similar ligament? Called the cranial cruciate ligament (CCL), this injury affects pets the same way, causing knee instability and pain.

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