A muscular dystrophy-like condition in rabbits.
During the examination of 69 male and 18 female rabbits a hitherto unknown muscular condition was found in one female and 19 male animals, otherwise healthy. The aetiology of the condition is unknown, but is is assumed that it is a sex-linked, hereditary anomaly. The histopathological changes are mostly restricted to the distal end of the quadriceps femoris muscle and resemble muscular dystrophy of man.
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000473:pathology; D009137:Muscular Dystrophy, Animal / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D011817:Rabbits