Yes, they do. I own both the '53 and the '75 edition. I sat in on veterinary
anatomy at Penn in the early 1980s. The course tends of focus on cattle,
horses, and dogs. This may explain why sheep are poorly illustrated. Pam
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Wright
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2013 2:38 PM
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Subject: Re: [ZOOARCH] sheep skeleton in Sisson & Grossman
For your information, I am told by several posters that the
illustrations in the 1953 and 1975 editions still treat the sheep badly.
Richard
On 9/02/2013 11:48, Richard Wright wrote:
> 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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