OSTEOARTHRITIS, CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE DEPOSITION DISEASE, AND OSSEOUS INFECTION IN OLD-WORLD PRIMATES
Title
OSTEOARTHRITIS, CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE DEPOSITION DISEASE, AND OSSEOUS INFECTION IN OLD-WORLD PRIMATES
Creator
Rothschild B M; Woods R J
Publisher
American Journal of Physical Anthropology
Date
1992
1992-03
Description
Uncertainties as to the nature and implications of osteoarthritis and calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease (CPPD) in primates were subject to critical review through examination of 153 prosimians and 1,250 Old World non-prosimian primates. Osteoarthritis, calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease, and infectious arthritis/osteomyelitis were relatively rare phenomena, affecting only 1.7% and 2.5%, respectively, of free-ranging prosimians and other Old World non-prosimian primates. Frequency of infection in Indri and Presbytis appears to reflect a unique susceptibility or exposure. Papio may have a unique predisposition to CPPD. The dichotomy (frequency and joint distribution) between free-ranging and artificially restrained animals suggests caution in interpretation of osteoarthritis or CPPD in non-free-ranging animals.
Subject
Anthropology; crystal; Evolutionary Biology; osteoarthritis; primates; rhesus-monkeys; skeletal pathology
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Format
Journal Article
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Pages
341-347
Issue
3
Volume
87
Citation
Rothschild B M; Woods R J, “OSTEOARTHRITIS, CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE DEPOSITION DISEASE, AND OSSEOUS INFECTION IN OLD-WORLD PRIMATES,” NEOMED Bibliography Database, accessed April 25, 2024, https://neomed.omeka.net/items/show/6943.