DENTAL AND MANDIBULAR INJURY IN AN ANTARCTIC FUR-SEAL, ARCTOCEPHALUS-GAZELLA, AT HEARD-ISLAND, SOUTHERN-OCEAN

Authors
ERB E SHAUGHNESSY PD NORMAN RJDB
Citation
E. Erb et al., DENTAL AND MANDIBULAR INJURY IN AN ANTARCTIC FUR-SEAL, ARCTOCEPHALUS-GAZELLA, AT HEARD-ISLAND, SOUTHERN-OCEAN, Journal of wildlife diseases, 32(2), 1996, pp. 376-380
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Journal of wildlife diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
00903558
Volume
32
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
376 - 380
Database
ISI
SICI code
0090-3558(1996)32:2<376:DAMIIA>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
The skull of an adult male Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) collected at Heard Island, Southern Ocean, October 1992, had chronic c hanges attributable to a fracture of the left lower canine, lu?ration of the mental symphysis, osteomyelitis of the left and right mandibles , and periostitis of the left maxilla.