RADIOGRAPHIC EXAMINATION OF MANDIBULAR LESIONS IN BARREN-GROUND CARIBOU

Dental anomalies were observed in 43 of 1,226 barren-ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) taken between 1966 and 1968. In five of these 43 animals, the mandibles had deformities which radiography showed to be the result of dental abscesses in four cases and probably of a trauma in the ot...

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Published inJournal of wildlife diseases Vol. 11; no. 4; pp. 465 - 470
Main Authors MILLER, F. L, CAWLEY, A. J, CHOQUETTE, L. P. E, BROUGHTON, E
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Wildlife Disease Association 01.10.1975
Wildlife Dis Assoc
Subjects
Animals
Female
Male
Mandibular Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Mandibular Diseases - veterinary
Mandibular Injuries - diagnostic imaging
Mandibular Injuries - veterinary
Periapical Abscess - diagnostic imaging
Periapical Abscess - veterinary
Radiography
Reindeer
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Summary:Dental anomalies were observed in 43 of 1,226 barren-ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) taken between 1966 and 1968. In five of these 43 animals, the mandibles had deformities which radiography showed to be the result of dental abscesses in four cases and probably of a trauma in the other. The absence of actinomycotic lesions of the jaw bones of these 1,226 animals, and of more than 500 examined previously, indicates that “lumpy jaw” is rare in barren-ground caribou. The authors suggest the use of radiography to determine the nature of bone growth on skeletal remains, in the absence of soft tissues for examination for Actinomyces, either microscopically or by cultural methods.
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ISSN:0090-3558
1943-3700
DOI:10.7589/0090-3558-11.4.465