Radiographic findings in several joints of nine bears

Table of contents
Summary 7
I. A scoring system to evaluate physical condition and
quality of life in geriatric zoo mammals 11
Summary 11
Résumé 12
Introduction 12
Animals, Materials and Methods 13
Animals 13
Symptoms 13
Retrospective and prospective cases 14
Age 14
Pathologies 14
Evaluation of pain, discomfort and quality of life 15
Scoring system 15
Statistics 15
Table scoring system 18
Results 21
Symptom and pathology 21
Age and pathology 22
Radiographic examination of living animals 22
Evaluation of pain, discomfort and quality of life 23
Scoring system 23
Discussion 24
Acknowledgements 26
References 26
Figure 1 29
Figure 2 29
Figure 3 29
Figure 4 30
Figure 5 30
Figure 6 30
Figure 7 31
Figure 8 31
Figure 9 31
II. Radiographic findings in several joints of nine bears 35
Summary 35
Résumé 36
Introduction 36
Material and Methods 36
Results 39
Discussion 40
Acknowledgments 41
References 41
Figure 1 43
Figure 2 43
Figure 3 44
Figure 4 44
Figure 5 45
Figure 6 45
III. Remerciements 47
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