Paraparesis in an adult alpaca with discospondylitis

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1256-1260

  Zanolari, Patrik ^a   Konar, Martin ^a   Tomek, Ales ^a   Hoby, Stefan ^a   Meylan, Mireille ^a  

^a VETSUISSE FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; FEMALE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPONDYLITIS; VERTEBRA;

ANIMALS; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPARESIS; SPONDYLITIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

LAMA PACOS;

EID: 33750317839     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2006)20[1256:PIAAAW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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