The ongoing debate about coxo-femoral joint disease in domestic dogs indicates that new research is needed. Affected non-domestic canids are reported occasionally; we examined skeletal remains of a grey wolf and reported our observations. Femurs of this specimen revealed articular margin new bone, mild new bone filling of the dorsal femoral neck, and a diagonal osteophyte line originating from the craniolateral aspect of the articular margin new bone. The latter extended in a cranioventral direction to the proximomedial femoral shaft, possibly representing new bone deposition along the margin of the joint capsule attachment. The features were incon- clusive by radiography. We suggest that some features of domestic dog coxofemoral joint disease may have ancestral origin, further underscoring the need for new research.
Lawler, D., & Evans, R. (2016). Evaluation of femoral head and neck new bone from a grey wolf (Canis lupus lupus): When is it pathology?. Journal of Veterinary Anatomy, 9(1), 39-48. doi: 10.21608/jva.2016.37447
MLA
D. F. Lawler; R. H. Evans. "Evaluation of femoral head and neck new bone from a grey wolf (Canis lupus lupus): When is it pathology?", Journal of Veterinary Anatomy, 9, 1, 2016, 39-48. doi: 10.21608/jva.2016.37447
HARVARD
Lawler, D., Evans, R. (2016). 'Evaluation of femoral head and neck new bone from a grey wolf (Canis lupus lupus): When is it pathology?', Journal of Veterinary Anatomy, 9(1), pp. 39-48. doi: 10.21608/jva.2016.37447
VANCOUVER
Lawler, D., Evans, R. Evaluation of femoral head and neck new bone from a grey wolf (Canis lupus lupus): When is it pathology?. Journal of Veterinary Anatomy, 2016; 9(1): 39-48. doi: 10.21608/jva.2016.37447
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