Congenital odontoid process separation in two dogs |
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| Authors: | P. LADDS M. GUFFY B. BLAUCH G. SPLITTER |
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| Affiliation: | Departments of Pathology, and Surgery and Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, Manhattan, Kansas 66502 |
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| Abstract: | Posterior paresis of increasing severity was observed in two dogs, a female crossbred Terrier (9 months old) and a male Poodle (5 years old). Radio-graphic examination revealed that in both dogs paresis was due to atlanto-axial subluxation resulting from a congenital separation of the odontoid process. Necropsy and histopathological studies confirmed these findings. |
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