Editing Chow Chow (section)

===Skeletal conditions===
A North American study looking at more than a million records of dogs found 6.44% of Chow Chow dogs to have [[Canine hip dysplasia|hip dysplasia]] compared with 3.52% overall. The study also found 4.3% of Chow Chow dogs to have [[cranial cruciate ligament deficiency]] compared to 2.52% overall.<ref>{{cite journal | last1=Witsberger | first1=Tige H. | last2=Villamil | first2=J. Armando | last3=Schultz | first3=Loren G. | last4=Hahn | first4=Allen W. | last5=Cook | first5=James L. | title=Prevalence of and risk factors for hip dysplasia and cranial cruciate ligament deficiency in dogs | journal=Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association | publisher=American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) | volume=232 | issue=12 | date=2008-06-15 | issn=0003-1488 | doi=10.2460/javma.232.12.1818 | pages=1818–1824| pmid=18598150 }}</ref>

Another North American study looking at more than 250,000 elbow scans found the Chow Chow to have the highest prevalence of [[elbow dysplasia]], with 48.6% of dogs over the age of 2 having elbow dysplasia.<ref>{{cite journal | last1=Oberbauer | first1=A. M. | last2=Keller | first2=G. G. | last3=Famula | first3=T. R. | title=Long-term genetic selection reduced prevalence of hip and elbow dysplasia in 60 dog breeds | journal=PLOS ONE | publisher=Public Library of Science (PLoS) | volume=12 | issue=2 | date=2017-02-24 | issn=1932-6203 | doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0172918 | doi-access=free | page=e0172918| pmid=28234985 | bibcode=2017PLoSO..1272918O }}</ref>