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. 2020 Mar 12;7:129. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2020.00129

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Examples of fracture and lesion types and localizations. (A) Laterolateral view of a complete transverse keel bone fracture in the caudal third (localization C) with caudodorsal dislocation and angulation. (B) Laterolateral view of two incomplete oblique keel bone fractures in the cranial third (localization A) with a ventral superficial step formation and slight ventral angulation at the caudal fracture. (C) Laterolateral view of a comminuted keel bone fracture in the cranial and middle third (localization AB) with a ventrocranial dislocation and angulation of the caudal main fragment. (D) Laterolateral view of a butterfly keel bone fracture in the middle and the caudal third (localization BC) with ventral dislocation and angulation of the butterfly and caudal main fragment.