European College of Veterinary Surgeons, 17th Annual Scientific Meeting to be Held July 10–12, 2008, Basel, Switzerland : Copyright of these abstracts is retained by the authors of the abstract unless assigned elsewhere by them. Abstracts are grouped by topic (either Small Animal of Large Animal) and then listed in alphabetical order of the first author's name. Presenters names are underlined. Names with asterisk indicate that the author is an ECVS or ACVS Diplomate