Calcification of the Intervertebral Discs and Curvature of the Radius and Ulna: A Radiographic Survey of Finnish Miniature Dachshunds

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 229-236

  Lappalainen, A ^a   Norrgard M ^b   Alm, K ^b   Snellman, M ^b   Laitinen, O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Breeding; Chondrodystrophy; Disease; Dog; Radiology; Radius ulna; Survey; Vertebral column

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CALCINOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; FINLAND; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIUS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPINE DISEASE; ULNA;

ANIMALS; CALCINOSIS; DATA COLLECTION; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; FINLAND; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MALE; RADIUS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPINAL DISEASES; ULNA;

EID: 0035228115     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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