Barbara Lamagna

4. Discussion The peculiar condition of TS, which was held in captivity for the first year after hatching and presented scute pattern abnormalities, induced the TP staff to consider the possibility that the cataract could be related to multi organ developmental anomalies. This condition could be induced by environmental stressors during embryonic development and could be directly or indirectly linked to individual survival, as suggested by some authors [24,25,26].

2. Materials and Methods For this study, the protocols and procedures were reviewed and approved by the Ethical Animal Care and Use Committee of the University of Naples “Federico II” (PG/2023/0080711). Twenty stifles from adult dog cadavers (n = 10) of mesomorphic breeds weighing >20 kg were selected for this study. All dogs were euthanized or died for reasons unrelated to this study. After death, they were immediately transferred and stored.

Open AccessArticle by Dario Costanza 1, Leonardo Meomartino 1,*, Barbara Lamagna 2, Erica Castiello 1, Pierpaolo Coluccia 1, Giuseppe Piegari 3, Ilaria D’Aquino 3, Francesco Lamagna 2,† and Adelaide Greco 1,† 1 Interdepartmental Center of Veterinary Radiology, University of Napoli “Federico II”, Via Federico Delpino 1, 80137 Napoli, Italy 2 Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Napoli “Federico II”, Via Federico Delpino 1, 80137 Napoli, Italy 3 Unit of...