My edition of Sisson and Grossman "The Anatomy of the Domestic Animals"
was published in 1941.
The illustrations thoroughly cover bones of horse, ox, pig and dog.
However illustrations of the bones of sheep are skimpily covered,
evidently on the grounds that morphologically a sheep is a small ox -
even though the authors acknowledge that there are differences - eg.,
"The os coxae differs greatly from that of the ox.".
The only illustrations of a sheep are the bones of the complete skeleton
in anatomical relationship, and the skull laterally and dorsally.
I see from COPAC that there were new editions in 1953 and 1975.
Does the sheep get more comprehensive illustrations in those later editions?
Richard
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