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Thoracolumbar spinal cord compression due to vertebral process degenerative joint disease in a family of Shiloh Shepherd dogs.
Journal of veterinary internal medicine - 1 Jan 2000
McDonnell John J, Knowles Kim E, deLahunta Alexander, Bell Jerold S, Lowrie Charles T, Todhunter Rory J
Abstract excerpt
Five young Shiloh Shepherd Dogs (4 males and 1 female) related by a common sire were studied because of progressive pelvic limb weakness and incoordination. All dogs had a spastic paraparesis and pelvic limb ataxia consistent with an upper motor neuron and general proprioceptive lesion between spinal cord segments T3 and L3. Proliferative lesions involving one or more of the articular processes from the 11th...
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