1st Edition

Pathological Conditions in Animal Skeletal Remains

Edited By Elizabeth W. Uhl Copyright 2019
300 Pages 70 Color & 50 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

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... Read more

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.

Biography

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.