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The furnishings (wire) coat gene, R-spondin-2, affects disc health in dogs, making such a role plausible.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Hypothesis\/Objectives<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Identify differences in spinal health metrics (SHMs): by coat type, within a coat type by size, and by size-coat type.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Animals<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Dachshunds (n\u00a0=\u00a04295) with known SHMs.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Retrospective study reporting SHMs by coat and size type in dachshund populations in the United Kingdom (UK), Norway, and Denmark. For the UK population, a binary logistic regression was fitted with owner-reported disc disease status (yes vs no) as the outcome variable. For Denmark and Norway, populations were analyzed using proportional-odds ordinal logistic regression models, with calcification number (KN) groups (K0, K1\/2, K3\/4, and K5+) as the ordinal outcome.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In all 3 populations, smooth coat was associated with worse SHMs compared with other coat types (eg, Norway vs long; odds ratio [OR], 2.11; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.58-2.83; overall OR range, 1.81-2.59). Within a coat type, size was inconsistently associated with SHMs. In 12 of 15 comparisons, small smooth dachshunds had worse SHMs compared with other size-coat types (eg, Norway vs standard long; OR, 3.56; 95% CI, 2.19-5.79; range, 1.80-5.40).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions and clinical importance<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Dachshund spinal health varies by coat and inconsistently by size type. Coat and size genes may be factors that determine IVDD risk in dachshunds.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/jvimsj\/aalag153","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,30]],"date-time":"2026-07-30T14:59:01Z","timestamp":1785423541000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Dachshund spinal health by coat and size type"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"40","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0005-0047-1974","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Madison","family":"Hopper","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University , Auburn, AL 36832 ,","place":["United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0723-8313","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chin-Chi","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Office of Research and Graduate Education, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University , Baton Rouge, LA 70803-8410 ,","place":["United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0007-4917-3710","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Colleen","family":"Embersics","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University , Baton Rouge, LA 70803-8410 ,","place":["United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0001-2398-4546","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Arturo","family":"Otamendi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Neuro Vet , Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 ,","place":["United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0004-0672-252X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Stacey","family":"Sullivan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University , Auburn, AL 36832 ,","place":["United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"2026073010585971500_ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.3109\/ort.1952.23.suppl-11.01","article-title":"A pathologic-anatomical study on disc degeneration in dog, with special reference to the so-called enchondrosis intervertebralis","volume":"11","author":"Hansen","year":"1952","journal-title":"Acta Orthop Scand Suppl"},{"key":"2026073010585971500_ref2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1570","DOI":"10.1111\/jvim.16480","article-title":"ACVIM consensus statement on diagnosis and management of acute canine thoracolumbar intervertebral disc extrusion","volume":"36","author":"Olby","year":"2022","journal-title":"J Vet Intern Med"},{"key":"2026073010585971500_ref3","volume-title":"Beitrag zur Aetiologie der Dackell\u00e4hme und Vorschlag zur z\u00fcchterischen Selektion. 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