Inflammatory arthritis in canids: Spondyloarthropathy

Inflammatory arthritis in canids: Spondyloarthropathy

Rothschild B M; Rothschild C; Woods R J

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

2001

2001-03

Spondyloarthropathy was observed in 25 (2.8%) of 895 preserved canid museum specimens and was catalogued by species. The associated skeletal alterations in canids are indistinguishable grossly and physiologically from those in humans with spondyloarthropathy of the reactive type. Rate of affliction was independent of captive or wild-caught status or gender. In canids, spondyloarthropathy was much more common than osteoarthritis (0.3%), which predominantly is limited to captive animals. Animal well-being may be enhanced by recognition of the condition and initiation of specific treatment.

Canidae; disease; erosive arthritis; osteoarthritis; Pathology; reactive arthritis; rheumatoid-arthritis; sacroiliac joint; santiago rhesus macaques; spondyloarthropathy; Veterinary Sciences

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