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This report describes two dogs with cervical block vertebrae from C\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    to C\n                    <jats:sub>5<\/jats:sub>\n                    and C\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    to C\n                    <jats:sub>4<\/jats:sub>\n                    , respectively. We hypothesize that the fused cervical vertebrae created a \u201cfulcrum effect\u201d at the AA joint and predisposed these dogs to traumatic AA subluxation.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.5326\/0450305","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,9,15]],"date-time":"2014-09-15T12:07:21Z","timestamp":1410782841000},"page":"305-310","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":16,"title":["Atlantoaxial Subluxation in Two Dogs With Cervical Block Vertebrae"],"prefix":"10.5326","volume":"45","author":[{"given":"Jian-Liang","family":"Lin","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Veterinary Medicine Teaching Hospital (Lin), National Chung Hsing University, No. 250-1, Guoguang Road, Taichung City 402, Taiwan"},{"name":"Northeast Indiana Veterinary Emergency and Specialty Hospital (Coolman), 5818 Maplecrest Road, Fort Wayne, Indiana 46835"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bradley R.","family":"Coolman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Veterinary Medicine Teaching Hospital (Lin), National Chung Hsing University, No. 250-1, Guoguang Road, Taichung City 402, Taiwan"},{"name":"Northeast Indiana Veterinary Emergency and Specialty Hospital (Coolman), 5818 Maplecrest Road, Fort Wayne, Indiana 46835"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"3280","reference":[{"key":"R1","series-title":"J Small Anim Pract","first-page":"577","volume":"8","year":"1967","unstructured":"Geary JC, Oliver JE, Hoerlein BF. 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