Goedegebuure S A, Verhaegh J, van Dijk J E
Tijdschr Diergeneeskd. 1979 Nov 1;104(21):829-31.
A letter to the Editor on fractures of the vertebrae in newborn calves is commented upon (Tijdschr. Diergeneesk., 104, 557, (1979)). Supplementary data is supplied and a theory regarding the pathogenesis is suggested. Intense muscular contractions during an attack of asphyxia could be the cause of these fractures of the vertebrae. Although non-genetic factors are bound to play an important role in the pathogenesis of asphyxia, genetic factors (probably showing a hereditary pattern which is more complex than singly recessive) also may help to produce these fractures.
一篇关于新生犊牛椎骨骨折致编辑的信受到了评论（《荷兰兽医杂志》，104, 557, (1979)）。补充了相关数据并提出了一个关于发病机制的理论。窒息发作时强烈的肌肉收缩可能是这些椎骨骨折的原因。尽管非遗传因素在窒息的发病机制中必定起重要作用，但遗传因素（可能呈现出比单隐性更复杂的遗传模式）也可能促使这些骨折的发生。
