Acknowledgements
I would like to acknowledge the consistent sup-
port of Erica Judisch of Wiley Blackwell, and
of Dr Mark Markel, Chair of the ACVS Foun-
dation’s Board of Trustees for theAdvances in
Veterinary Surgerybook series. I am extremely
grateful to all of the chapter authors who have
consistently been very committed to this project
and have made such amazing and thought-
ful contributions to this book. I am also grate-
ful to all of the organizations that have pro-
vided financial support for clinical research into
canine cruciate ligament rupture. Without these
gifts, my work and the work of many others
that is summarized in this book would not have
been possible. Lastly, I would like to thank dog
owners and breeders for their interest in and
enthusiasm for new knowledge regarding this
important orthopaedic condition.Peter Muirxix