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Antebrachial chondrodysplasia in New Zealand white rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus).
Journal of the South African Veterinary Association - 1 Sept 2011
Pulker T, Carstens A, Williams J
Abstract excerpt
Rabbits obtained from a South African rabbit breeder exhibited deformities of the distal forelimbs. The clinical, radiological and histological presentation of mid-antebrachial valgus formation (a.k.a distal foreleg curvature) in these rabbits was consistent with an autosomal recessive trait associated with a chondrodystrophic lesion of the distal ulna epiphysis 1st described in the 1960s. The impact this might...
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