Conformational risk factors of brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome (BOAS) in pugs, French bulldogs, and bulldogs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2017, Pages

  Liu, Nai Chieh ^a   Troconis, Eileen L ^a   Kalmar, Lajos ^a   Price, David J ^a   Wright, Hattie E ^a   Adams, Vicki J ^b   Sargan, David R ^a   Ladlow, Jane F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Abbey Farm Cottage   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; BRACHYCEPHALIC OBSTRUCTIVE AIRWAY SYNDROME; BULLDOG; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG BREED; FEMALE; FRENCH BULLDOG; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NOSE MALFORMATION; PUG; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANIMAL; BREEDING; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; DOG; DOG DISEASES; GENETICS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYNDROME; VETERINARY;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY, WHOLE BODY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYNDROME;

EID: 85026552709     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181928     Document Type: Article

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