Unilateral and bilateral congenital sensorineural deafness in client-owned pure-breed white cats

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 392-395

  Cvejic, D ^a   Steinberg, T A ^a   Kent, M S ^b   Fischer, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Feline; Hearing disorder; Hereditary

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CAT; CAT DISEASE; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; MALE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 66149138466     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2008.0262.x     Document Type: Article

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