Radiographic Morphometry of the Lumbar Spine in Munich Miniature Pigs.

The incidence of human spinal column disease remains high, and animal models still play important roles in prophylactic, diagnostic, and therapeutic research. Because of their similar size to humans, pigs remain an important spine model. For pigs to serve as a model for the human spine, basic similarities and differences must be understood.

Computerized measurements of radiographic anatomical parameters of the elbow joint in Bernese Mountain Dogs.

Objective: Comparison of two methods for evaluation of anatomical parameters of elbow joints in Bernese Mountain Dogs.

Study Design: Radiographic analysis.

Animals: Nine hundred and thirty-one radiographs of elbow joints from 305 Bernese Mountain Dogs.

Cartilage thickness of the trochlea of the talus, with emphasis on sites predisposed to osteochondrosis dissecans, in clinically normal juvenile and adult dogs.

Objective: To evaluate cartilage thickness of the talus (especially at sites predisposed to osteochondrosis dissecans [OCD]) in growing and adult dogs not affected with OCD.

Sample: Tarsocrural joints from cadavers of 34 juvenile (approx 3 months old) and 10 adult dogs.

Procedures: Tarsal cartilage thickness was examined via a stereophotography microscopic system.

Anatomy of the collateral ligaments of the feline elbow joint: functional implications.

Cats show a higher capability to supinate their forearms than dogs. This suggests a special arrangement of the collateral ligaments of the feline elbow joint. Therefore, the course of the ligaments was examined in 13 adult cats.

[Case report: an exceptional case of a monozygotic thoracopagus parasiticus in a German Holstein calf].

A black and white German Holstein calf displayed a complex double malformation in shape of a thoracopagus parasiticus. By means of a molecular genetic investigation the genesis of the malformation from one zygote could be demonstrated. Both vertebral columns showed a pronounced lordosis, with the vertebral column of one animal ending in a rudimentary head.