Autorentext

Elizabeth W. Uhl is Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology of the College of Veterinary Medicine at the university of Georgia. She is an American College of Veterinary Pathologists board certified veterinary pathologist. She is an expert in bone pathology and animal paleopathology. Her work has been supported by funds from the National Institutes of Health and the Depart of Defense.

Klappentext

This book will fill a need among animal paleopathologists and animal forensic scientists for a text/atlas focused on lesions that commonly appear in skeletal remains. The text describes what is known about disease pathogenesis and occurrence in modern and historical settings and include evolutionary and comparative considerations. It is a stand-alone atlas on animal bone disease with images of lesions on the whole bone, which would facilitate understanding of bone disease and provide insights into disease processes. This book fills a unique niche - a text/atlases on comparative bone pathology that includes images of whole specimens.

Zusammenfassung
This text describes what is known about disease pathogenesis and occurrence in modern and historical settings and include evolutionary and comparative considerations. Its an atlas on animal bone disease with images of lesions on the whole bone, which would facilitate understanding of bone disease and provide insights into disease processes.

Inhalt

General Considerations. Zooarcheology. Structure and Function of Bones and Joints. Trauma and Mechanical Injury. Genetic, Congenital and Developmental Diseases. Nutritional, Hormonal and Toxic Diseases. Hyperostotic Diseases. Osteonecrosis. Inflammatory and Infectious Diseases. Tumors and Tumor-like Diseases. Dental Pathology. Selected Diseases by Species.