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Evaluation of the occurrence of canine congenital sensorineural deafness in puppies of predisposed dog breeds using the brainstem auditory evoked response.
Acta veterinaria Hungarica - 1 Dec 2016
Płonek Marta, Giza Elżbieta, Niedźwiedź Artur, Kubiak Krzysztof, Nicpoń Józef, Wrzosek Marcin
Abstract excerpt
Canine congenital sensorineural deafness (CCSD) affects predisposed breeds of dogs and is primarily caused by an atrophy of the stria vascularis of the organ of Corti. The analysis of the brainstem auditory evoked response (BAER) is a reliable method for the evaluation of hearing in animals as it allows an accurate detection of unilateral or bilateral deafness. The occurrence of unilateral and bilateral deafness...
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