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Genetic evaluation of elbow angles as predictors of elbow dysplasia in German shepherd dogs.
Journal of veterinary medicine. A, Physiology, pathology, clinical medicine - 1 Jun 2005
Janutta V, Hamann H, Klein S, Tellhelm B, Distl O
Abstract excerpt
Elbow angles were measured in X-rays of both elbows to elucidate the usefulness of such data for selecting against elbow dysplasia (ED) in German shepherd dogs. These measurements record the size, proportions and alignments of the anconeal process (PA), the radius (RA), the olecranon (OL), and the ulnar trochlear notch (UL). The reference system for evaluating the information content of the measurements was the...
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