Guénégo, Laurent
Vezzoni, Aldo
Vezzoni, Luca
Article History
Received: 25 September 2021
Accepted: 25 November 2021
First Online: 3 December 2021
Declarations
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: An IRB protocol was not needed because no human subjects were included in our study. This study involved client-owned dogs. An IRB/IACUC protocol was not needed for this study because the data collected were collected as part of the dogs’ standard of care. All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations.The dogs in the control group of this study were used as a control group in a recently published study (Guénégo L, Serri P, Charru P, Verwaerde P. Comparison of tibial anatomical-mechanical axis angle and patellar positions between Labrador Retrievers and Golden Retrievers with and without cranial cruciate ligament rupture. J Vet Sci Res. 2020;5:000199).As described in the materials and methods section of that study (J Vet Sci Res. 2020), the dogs in the control group were anaesthetized for reasons unrelated to the study (for surgery, dentistry, and radiographic screening of pelvic limb lameness). Radiographs of the stifles were obtained while the animals were still under anaesthesia, with written informed consent from their owners and using radiographic positions that did not impose stress on the animals, as previously reported (Guénégo L, Payot M, Charru P, Verwaerde P. Comparison of tibial anatomical-mechanical axis angles between predisposed dogs and dogs at low risk for cranial cruciate ligament rupture. Vet J. 2017;225:35-41).The data were analysed retrospectively. Any information that could be used to identify the subjects (dogs) was removed prior to data analysis.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.