Osteoarthropathy of unknown aetiology in the long bones of farmed and wild Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus)
Journal of the South African Veterinary Association
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Osteoarthropathy of unknown aetiology in the long bones of farmed and wild Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus) | |
| Creator | Huchzermeyer, Fritz W. Groenewald, Herman B. Myburgh, Jan G. Steyl, Johan C.A. Crole, Martina R. | |
| Description | Humeri of farmed and wild Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus) collected during routine post-mortem examinations were boiled, cleaned and examined for lesions. Various degrees of gross bone and articular pathology were found. The lesions were situated predominantly at the proximal and distal epiphyseal and metaphyseal regions of the bone, where growth and bone remodelling occurs. In advanced cases partial collapse of the articular surface could be identified. From the collection of crocodile bones five particular cases are described. Because of the wide distribution of origin of the affected animals, nutritional or toxicological causes seem unlikely. One of the cases presented was associated with mycoplasmosis. These forms of crocodilian bone pathology need further investigation. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2013-11-13 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/jsava.v84i1.975 | |
| Source | Journal of the South African Veterinary Association; Vol 84, No 1 (2013); 5 pages 2224-9435 1019-9128 | |
| Language | eng | |
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