Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về bệnh học thý y được đăng trên tạp chí Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về bệnh thú y đề tài: Calcification of intervertebral discs in the dachshund: a radiographic and histopathologic study of 20 dogs. | Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica BioMed Central Research Open Access Calcification of intervertebral discs in the dachshund a radiographic and histopathologic study of 20 dogs 0yvind Stigen 1 and 0yvor Kolbjornsen2 Address department of Companion Animal Clinical Sciences Norwegian School of Veterinary Science PO Box 8146 0033 Oslo Norway and department of Pathology National Veterinary Institute PO Box 8156 0033 Oslo Norway Email 0yvind Stigen - 0yvor Kolbjornsen - Corresponding author Published 21 December 2007 Received 26 April 2007 Accepted 21 December 2007 Acta Veterinaria Scandinavian 2007 49 39 doi 1751-0147-49-39 r This article is available from http content 49 1 39 2007 Stigen and Kolbjornsen licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background The purpose of the study was to compare radiographic and histopathologic findings with regard to number and extent of calcified discs in the dachshund. Methods The intervertebral discs of 20 dachshunds were subjected to a radiographic and histopathologic examination. The dogs were selected randomly from clinical cases euthanased for reasons unrelated to research at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science. Lateral radiographs were taken of the vertebral columns after removing them from the carcasses. The histopathologic examination included 5 pm thick sections in the transverse plane stained with hematoxylin-eosin and von Kossa. Radiographs and histological sections were evaluated independently. Results A total of 148 calcified discs were identified at the radiographic and 230 at the histopathologic examination. Of 92 discs found to be calcified by histopathology but not by
