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Fig. 6

From: Osteochondrosis and other lesions in all intervertebral, articular process and rib joints from occiput to sacrum in pigs with poor back conformation, and relationship to juvenile kyphosis

Fig. 6

Ventral vertebral body osteochondrosis and kyphosis in pig 11. a. There is an osteochondrosis lesion (arrow) affecting both the physis and the epiphysis caudo-ventrally in T16. b. The osteochondrosis lesion (arrow) is located to the right of the midline. c. The lesion (dashed lines) is located between 5 and 8 o’clock on a clockface (circle and 3, 6, 9 and 12 indicators) superimposed on the vertebral body in the transverse plane. d. There is mild kyphosis centred at T16 with the osteochondrosis lesion (arrow). a. Sagittal plane. b. Dorsal plane. c. Transverse plane. d. 3D model, left and slightly left-ventral-to-right-dorsal oblique view

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