Dear Eve: From your description I suspect you have a dog with
chondrodysplasia, i.e., a “dwarf”. I’d love to look at the pictures but my
computer does not support “google drive”. Can you put the photos somewhere more
accessible, please? – Deb Bennett
From: Analysis of animal
remains from archaeological sites [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Eve Rannamäe
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2018 3:40 AM
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Subject: [ZOOARCH] Anomalous dog femur
Dear
colleagues,
On behalf
of Stefan Hartmann from the University of Cologne, I'm asking about an anomalous
dog bone from an excavation in the region of the great thermae at the
Colonia Ulpia Traiana near Xanten.
"Among
the material was the right femur of a dog which had a conspicuous dished bend
towards the front of the bone. Because of the extreme curve it was thought it
to be the result of a pathological transformation, maybe a healed fracture. But
we couldn't identify any traces of a bone fracture. I had a vet take a look at
the bone, who even radiographed it but also couldn't find any signs for a
pathological alteration."
I've uploaded
the two pictures here
in Google Drive. Please let me know if you think of any reason for this
anomaly, so I could forward this discussion to Stefan.
Thank you!
Best wishes,
--
Dr Eve
Rannamäe
Marie
Skłodowska-Curie Experienced Researcher
BioArCh,
University of York
United
Kingdom
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