Calcification of intervertebral discs in the dachshund: A radiographic and histopathologic study of 20 dogs

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Stigen, Øyvind ^a   Kolbjørnsen, Øyvor ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CALCINOSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PEDIGREE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CALCINOSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MALE; PEDIGREE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 40249096088     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1751-0147-49-39     Document Type: Article

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