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Osteochondrosis and other lesions in all intervertebral, articular process and rib joints from occiput to sacrum in pigs with poor back conformation, and relationship to juvenile kyphosis

BACKGROUND: Computed tomography (CT) is used to evaluate body composition and limb osteochondrosis in selection of breeding boars. Pigs also develop heritably predisposed abnormal curvature of the spine including juvenile kyphosis. It has been suggested that osteochondrosis-like changes cause verteb...

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Autores principales: Olstad, Kristin, Aasmundstad, Torunn, Kongsro, Jørgen, Grindflek, Eli
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8764802/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35042517
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12917-021-03091-6