Hi Lena,
Sounds to me like a classic example of the kind of assymetrical pathologies
associated with traction animals. For good examples and ways of scoring the
severity I suggest you look at the follwong publication
Bartosiewicz, L., Van Neer, W. and Lentacker, A. 1997. Draught Cattle: their
osteological identification and history. Annales Sciences Zoologiques 281.
Musée Royal de L'Afrique Centrale Tervuren, Belgique.
It is however unusual to see it in sheep - perhaps they are slightly
different?
Cluny
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Subject: [ZOOARCH] Cattle metatarsal pathology
> I've got a cattle metatarsal (Early Medieval hill fort) with an odd
> pathology on the distal end. Extra bone growth has extended the joint
> surface of the lateral half of the lateral epicondyle. The bone growth is
> smooth. A similar condition is also found on a sheep metatarsal from an
> urban post-medieval site.
>
> Does anyone know what this is, and what may have caused it?
>
> / Lena
>
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