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The area and height of the vertebral column and spinal cord were measured at the cranial and caudal aspect of each vertebra from C3 to C7, and the percentage of the vertebral canal occupied by the spinal cord at each location was calculated and compared among groups of dogs.<\/jats:p>\n<jats:p><jats:bold>RESULTS<\/jats:bold> Mean percentage of the vertebral canal occupied by the spinal cord was greatest for small-breed dogs and lowest for Great Danes, but did not differ between Doberman Pinschers and small-breed dogs at approximately half of the locations evaluated or between Doberman Pinschers with and without CSM or between Great Danes with and without CSM.<\/jats:p>\n<jats:p><jats:bold>CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE<\/jats:bold> Results suggested that the percentage of the vertebral canal occupied by the spinal cord, although expected to increase with vertebral canal stenosis, may not have a primary role in the pathogenesis of CSM.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.2460\/ajvr.79.1.83","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,12,30]],"date-time":"2017-12-30T00:44:38Z","timestamp":1514594678000},"page":"83-89","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Comparison of the percentage of the C3-C7 vertebral canal occupied by the spinal cord in small-breed dogs with that in Doberman Pinschers and Great Danes with and without cervical spondylomyelopathy"],"prefix":"10.2460","volume":"79","author":[{"given":"Mar\u00edlia","family":"de A. 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