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Dr. Jennings’ present address is Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, North Grafton, MA 01536.
The authors thank Drs. Trisha Oura and Christina Copple for assistance with radiographic interpretation, Dr. Devorah Marks Stowe for cytologic interpretation and images, and Sandra Horton and Laura Shewmon for technical assistance.