Heritability of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency in German Shepherd dogs

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 450-452

  Westermarck, E ^a   Saari, S A M ^a   Wiberg, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Pancreatic acinar atrophy; Polygenic inheritance; Test mating; Trypsin like immunoreactivity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MALE; PANCREAS EXOCRINE INSUFFICIENCY;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EXOCRINE PANCREATIC INSUFFICIENCY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; MALE;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 77649083644     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: 19391676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2009.0461.x     Document Type: Article

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