Calcification of intervertebral discs in the dachshund: a radiographic and histopathologic study of 20 dogs

Øyvind Stigen¹ and Øyvor Kolbjørnsen²

¹Department of Companion Animal Clinical Sciences, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, PO Box 8146, 0033 Oslo, Norway

²Department of Pathology, National Veterinary Institute, P.O. Box 8156, 0033 Oslo, Norway

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Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2007, 49:39doi:10.1186/1751-0147-49-39


Published:	21 December 2007

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Table 3. Degree of calcification, evaluated by a radiographic and a histopathologic examination in 26 intervertebral discs from each of 20 dachshunds. Degrees of calcification evaluated by radiography: light grey: slight. dark grey: moderate. black: severe. Degrees of calcification evaluated by histopathology: 1 slight. 2 moderate. 3 severe. Other note: -: intervertebral disc not available for a final histopathologic examination.

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