TitleCervical dorsal spondylosis with spinal cord compression in a black swan (Cygnus atratus).
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1987
AuthorsHultgren, BD, Wallner-Pendleton, E, Watrous, BJ, Blythe, LL
JournalJournal of wildlife diseases
Volume23
Issue4
Pagination705-8
Date Published1987 Oct
KeywordsSpinal Osteophytosis
Abstract

Cervical dorsal spondylosis with spinal cord compression in a black swan (Cygnus atratus) was confirmed radiographically and morphologically. Clinically ataxia was associated. Noninflammatory, degenerative changes of the synovial joint cartilage were associated with the spondylosis.