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MENSURATION OF CERVICAL VERTEBRAL RATIOS IN DOBERMAN PINSCHERS AND GREAT DANES
Author(s) -
Drost Wm Tod,
Lehenbauer Terry W.,
Reeves Jeff
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
veterinary radiology and ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.541
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1740-8261
pISSN - 1058-8183
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2002.tb01659.x
Subject(s) - medicine , anatomy , spinal cord , cervical vertebrae , psychiatry
Canine cervical vertebral instability is a complex syndrome involving cervical spinal cord compressive lesions. Doberman pinschers and Great Danes are the most commonly affected breeds. Measurements of vertebral canal diameter (VCD), vertebral body height (H), and vertebral body length (L) were made from C 3 ‐C 7 in 24 Doberman pinschers and 8 Great Danes by using digital and analog techniques. Significant differences between affected and unaffected sites were noted for Doberman pinschers at C 6 ( P = 0.039) and C 7 ( P = 0.027) using analog measurements of VCD/H, and Great Danes at C 6 using analog ( P = 0.041) and digital ( P = 0.004) measurements of VCD/L. Cervical vertebral ratios have potential as a breed‐specific screening tool for cervical vertebral instability and warrant longitudinal studies.