Vertebral disease in excavated canine in Lower Silesia, Poland

Maciej Janeczek; Aleksander Chrószcz; Radomir Henklewski; Albert Czerski; Vedat Onar; Leszek Żygadło; Anna Krupska; Edyta Pasicka

doi:10.1016/j.ijpp.2015.03.002

Vertebral disease in excavated canine in Lower Silesia, Poland

Int J Paleopathol. 2015 Sep:10:43-50. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpp.2015.03.002. Epub 2015 May 20.

Authors

Maciej Janeczek¹, Aleksander Chrószcz², Radomir Henklewski³, Albert Czerski⁴, Vedat Onar⁵, Leszek Żygadło⁶, Anna Krupska², Edyta Pasicka²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Animal Anatomy, Department of Biostructure and Animal Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Kożuchowska 1/3, 51-631 Wrocław, Poland. Electronic address: bjorn@onet.pl.
² Division of Animal Anatomy, Department of Biostructure and Animal Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Kożuchowska 1/3, 51-631 Wrocław, Poland.
³ Department of Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, pl. Grunwaldzki 51, 50-366 Wrocław, Poland.
⁴ Division of Animal Physiology, Department of Biostructure and Animal Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, C.K. Norwida 31, 50-375 Wrocław, Poland.
⁵ Laboratory of Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Istanbul University, 34320 Avcilar, Istanbul, Turkey.
⁶ Centre of Late Antique and Early Medieval Studies, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Więzienna 6, 50-118 Wrocław, Poland.

PMID: 29539539
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpp.2015.03.002

Abstract

A mostly complete canine skeleton was excavated during rescue archaeological explorations in Domaslaw (Lower Silesia, Poland). The archaeozoological analysis revealed loss of several left maxillary incisors. Discospondylitis was observed in two adjacent lumbar vertebrae. Potential causes of the vertebral pathology are discussed. The cause of death is unknown, but sepsis should be considered. No other pathological changes or evidence of human manipulation to the skeleton were identified.

Keywords: Discospondylitis; Dog; Paleopathology; Spine; Spondylosis; Vertebral column; Vertebral fusion.