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Osteological features in pure-bred dogs predisposing to cervical spinal cord compression.
Journal of anatomy - 1 Nov 2001
Breit S, Künzel W
Abstract excerpt
Relative to body size, midsagittal and interpedicular diameters of the cranial and caudal aspects of cervical vertebral foramina (C3-C7) were found to be significantly (P < 0.05) larger in small breeds than in large breeds and Dachshunds, and also larger in Dachshunds (P < 0.05) than in large breeds. This condition increases the risk for spinal cord compression resulting from relative stenosis of the cervical...
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