Complex vertebral malformation in Holstein calves

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 283-289

  Agerholm, Jorgen S ^a,b   Bendixen, Christian ^c   Andersen, Ole ^d   Arnbjerg, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^d Dansk Landbrugsradgivning   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTHROGRYPOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARPAL BONE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CERVICAL SPINE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PEDIGREE; VERTEBRA;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ARTHROGRYPOSIS; AUTOPSY; CARPAL BONES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PEDIGREE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0035406096     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870101300401     Document Type: Article

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