OSTEOPOROTIC SKULL LESIONS IN MOOSE AT ISLE-ROYALE-NATIONAL-PARK

Authors
HINDELANG M PETERSON RO
Citation
M. Hindelang et Ro. Peterson, OSTEOPOROTIC SKULL LESIONS IN MOOSE AT ISLE-ROYALE-NATIONAL-PARK, Journal of wildlife diseases, 32(1), 1996, pp. 105-108
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Journal of wildlife diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
00903558
Volume
32
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
105 - 108
Database
ISI
SICI code
0090-3558(1996)32:1<105:OSLIMA>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Osteoporotic lesions were evaluated in the skulls of moose (Alces alce s) collected in Isle Royale National Park, Michigan (USA), from 1958 t o 1994. Circular lesions which penetrated the outer table of the skull were distributed over the frontal and nasal bones asymmetrically in b oth sexes. About 32% of skulls recovered had some porotic lesions with slightly greater prevalence among males.