Thanks for the list Doc, but we must stay within the confines of the title of the thread in which you started, "Truth in Advertising."
Following CCL surgery (either type) the odds are over 20% that the other knee will blow within two years. One of the best ways to help prevent this is to have your dog on a quality Glucosamine supplement
Once again this is your statement and you also stated that you would back up anything you say. Now I'll assume you forgot to include the reference in your list to back this up as all you have provided are references as to the use of the products in the treatment of arthritis, arthrits and ligament ruptures are not the same thing, nor are the treatments the same.
The time issue needs to be addressed as well. I assume that most of the forum members are not well versed in medical literature. So there are a few housekeeping chores to take care of. It is very well accepted within the medical community that literature over 5 years old is considered out of date. The newest reference you have provided was 1999. There is a database for medical literature, Pub Med, it is THE accepted medical literature database in this country. If you run a search on pubmed for glucosamine sulfate you will get 11,001 articles
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez
If you run a pubmed search for glucosamine sufate ligament rupture you will get 0 hits
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez
Run a search on glucosamine sufate and ligament rupture prevention you will again get 0 hits
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez
I'm still not quite sure why the newest reference you provided was 1999 and why you haven't included the reference for cruciate ligament rupture prevention.
Another point of note. Glucosamine and chondroitan sufate, two of the more popular and well known neutracueticals are what are referred to as medical devices, not medical drugs. This is a very important distinction as medical drugs need to go through extensive testing, prove that they work for the intended purpose, prove that they contain exactly what is on the label and in the exact quantities, come from a pure and approved medical source, and have extesive toxicity studies done and list any and all side effects that may occur with use. The FDA monitors this and approves the drugs to protect the consumer. Medical devices have no regulation whatsoever. No testing, no proving they work, no proving that the ingredients you are buying are actually even in the container, no toxicity or side effect studies, etc. You basically need enough capital to put something in a bottle and sell it. No one regulates these products. Buyer beware.
There are a few companies that have their products tested by independant laboratories to confirm that they are actually selling what they say they are, Doc does this with his. It is not regulated or required to be done but shows that the company selling it has some integrity and is willing to stand behind their product.