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From: Deb Bennett <
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Subject: RE: [ZOOARCH] deformity of cattle pelvis
Fiona
-- There might be an analogy here to what is called "hip dysplasia" in dogs. You
might want to see if you can find some dog skeletons so affected -- I've never
seen one in a museum collection but there are sure plenty of "papered" dogs that
have this problem. There's a volume by Rotschild and Martin -- it's a New Mexico
Museum publication -- on bone pathology that will probably explicate this as
well. -- Deb Bennett
Hello all zooarchers,
I have a couple of cattle pelvises which have
incorrectly fused so that there is a small hole around 8mm in diameter going
through the acetabulum at the point where the pelvic and iliac bones
meet. In one case there is eburnation inside the acetabulum so that the
femur appears to be incorrectly positioned, and also very heavy muscle
attachments on the outside of the acetabulum. I have seen these before
and have assumed that they might be caused by e.g. a dislocated leg on a calf
going untreated or poorly treated prior to fusion of the acetabulum.
Does anyone agree or disagree? Or have any other suggestions?
I have
posted a photo on bone commons:
http://www.alexandriaarchive.org/icaz/icazForum/viewforum.php?f=53&sid=3c9bd633cba440ebd6557ae6abe99adbThanks
in advance
Fiona
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