Three-dimensional kinematics of the craniocervical junction of Cavalier King Charles Spaniels compared to Chihuahuas and Labrador retrievers

• Mareike-Kristin Nickel ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mareike-Kristin Nickel, Lisa Schikowski

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mareike.k.nickel@vetmed.uni-giessen.de

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Small Animal Clinic–Surgery, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4361-6713

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• Lisa Schikowski ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mareike-Kristin Nickel, Lisa Schikowski

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Small Animal Clinic–Surgery, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany

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• Martin Stephan Fischer,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Zoology and Evolutionary Research, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena, Germany

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• Nicola Kelleners,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Software

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Small Animal Clinic–Surgery, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany

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• Martin Jürgen Schmidt ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ MJS and NE also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Small Animal Clinic–Neurosurgery, Neuroradiology and Clinical Neurology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany

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• Nele Eley

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ MJS and NE also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Small Animal Clinic–Surgery, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany

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