Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
The inheritance of osteochondritis dissecans and fragmented coronoid process of the elbow joint in labrador retrievers.
- Journal:
- Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association
- Year:
- 1995
- Authors:
- Padgett, G A et al.
- Affiliation:
- Department of Pathology · United States
- Species:
- dog
Abstract
Five matings between dogs bilaterally affected with osteochondritis dissecans and fragmented coronoid processes resulted in a distribution of lesions in the elbows of the offspring that indicated the diseases were inherited independently as polygenic traits.
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