The nature of coxofemoral joint pathology across family Canidae

Autor: Chris Widga, Luci Kohn, Basil Tangredi, Kurt E. Schulz, Terrance J. Martin, Michael A. Etnier, Julia Becker, Dennis F. Lawler
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: The Anatomical Record. 305:2119-2136
ISSN: 1932-8494
1932-8486
DOI: 10.1002/ar.24846
Popis: We evaluated coxofemoral joints from museum specimens of: Vulpes lagopus; Vulpes vulpes; Vulpes velox; Nyctereutes procyonoides; Urocyon cinereoargenteus; Aenocyon [Canis] dirus; Canis latrans; Canis lupus lupus; Canis lupus familiaris; C. l. familiaris x latrans; and Canis dingo. Acetabular components included: fossa; articular surface; medial and lateral articular margins; and peri-articular surfaces. Acetabular components variably revealed: osteophyte-like features; varying appearance of articular margin rims (especially contour changes); rough bone surfaces (especially fossa and articular surface); and surface wear. Proximal femoral components included: articular surface; articular margin; peri-articular surfaces; and joint capsule attachment. Femoral components variably revealed: rough bone surface; bone loss; articular margin osteophyte-like features (AMO); caudal post-developmental mineralized prominence (PMP); and enthesophytes along the joint capsule attachment. Non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) was used to analyze right-left asymmetric relationships between observed traits, across taxa. Significantly different acetabular trait asymmetry involved only C. latrans - C. l. familiaris; V. vulpes - N. procyonoides, and U. cinereoargenteus - N. procyonoides. There were no significant lateralized differences in proximal femoral traits involving modern canids, ancient and modern C. l. familiaris, or modern vulpines. Thus, the observations were strongly bilateral. We hypothesized high similarity of traits across taxa. The data confirm the hypothesis and strongly suggest broad and deep morphological and mechanistic conservation that almost certainly pre-existed (at least) all modern canids. Further zoological studies are needed to evaluate phylogenic implications in greater detail. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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