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Suspected hereditary cervicothoracic vertebral subluxation with cervical myopathy in Poll Merino sheep.

N CroninPanayiotis LoukopoulosD BrownBrendon A O'RourkeG MorriceP A Windsor
Published in: Australian veterinary journal (2019)
This report describes an entity of cervicothoracic vertebral subluxation in two Poll Merino sheep flocks, with cervical myopathy also identified in one, with preliminary evidence in the primary case that there is likely to be a hereditary basis. The two cases outlined in this report resemble the findings of several historical investigations into ovine flock postural disorders in Australia and beyond.
Keyphrases
  • late onset
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  • muscular dystrophy
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  • postmenopausal women