Hi Lisa
There is mention of a dog from Armargh (early Christian Period) with a femur that displays abnormal cranio-caudal curvature in;
Murphy, E. M. 2005 'Animal Palaeopathology in Prehistoric and historic Ireland' in J. Davies, M. Fabiš, I. Mainland, M. Richards and R. Thomas 2005 Diet and health in past animal populations current research and future directions. Proceedings of the 9th ICAZ conference Oxbow pp.8-23
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Subject: [ZOOARCH] Rickets in dogs and dogs in Roman cemeteries[Scanned]
Dear all
I'm working on a Roman cemetery site in London containing a number of dog
skeletons. Two display bowing of the longbones. In Baker and Brothwell's
book they note that rickets is very rare in modern carnivores with most
cases from more northern places like Scotland. However, they also mention a
dog tibia from Northampton that was suggestive of rickets. In both of the
skeletons I've been looking at, the tibia is affected more than the other
long bones and I was wondering if there has been any work done on the
elements affected by rickets or if this relates to the age when the dogs
suffered from a deficiency of vitamin D. Also does anyone know if any other
cases have been found recently or if there are any other deficiencies that
could cause a similar effect on the bones. I'm would also be interested if
anyone knows of other Roman cemetery sites where dog skeletons have been
found.
Thanks for helping
Lisa Yeomans
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