Epidemiologic assessment of trauma-independent skeletal pathology in non-passerine birds from museum collections.

Epidemiologic assessment of trauma-independent skeletal pathology in non-passerine birds from museum collections.

Rothschild Bruce M; Panza Robin K

Avian pathology : journal of the W.V.P.A

2005

2005-06

Systematic survey of mammalian skeletons has revealed patterns of disease reproducible over geologic time. Systematic examination of non-passerine bird skeletons also reveals patterns of disease and identifies those disorders amenable to epidemiologic assessment. Neoplasia, infection, osteochondromatosis and gout are extremely rare, precluding phylogenetic comparisons–at least those based on macroscopic examination of skeletons. Osteoarthritis, paradoxically, is identified at sufficient population frequency for meaningful investigation.

Animals; Arthritis/pathology/*veterinary; Bird Diseases/*pathology; Birds/*anatomy & histology; Bone and Bones/*pathology; Bone Neoplasms/pathology/*veterinary

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