Coronoid process sclerosis as a reproducible and highly heritable risk predictor of medial coronoid disease in labrador retrievers
CP sclerosis proved to be a significant and reproducible phenotype with high heritability, encouraging the use of this feature in CT-based scoring protocols in breeding programs to improve selection strategies and accelerate progress in reducing MCD prevalence.
Authors
- Emmelie Stock
- Katrien Vanderperren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6375-5369)
- Kaatje Kromhout
- Birgit Deboutte (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1300-409X)
- Bart J. G. Broeckx
- Annika van der Wal
Institutions
- Morpho (United States) (US)
- Ghent University (BE)
- Huisarts en Wetenschap (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Veterinary Science
- Published
- 2026-02-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2026.1761592
- Primary Topic
- Veterinary Orthopedics and Neurology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Universiteit Gent