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Abstract
Abstract Animal paleopathology is not a very well known scientific discipline within veterinary science, but it has great importance for historical and archaeological investigations. In this paper, authors attention is focused on the description of one of the most common findings on the skeletal remains of animals - osteoarthropathies. This review particularly emphasizes the description and classification of the most common pathological changes in synovial joints. The authors have provided their observations on the importance of joint diseases in paleopathology and veterinary medicine. Analysis of individual processes in the joints of the animals from the past may help in the understanding of diseases in modern veterinary medicine. Differential diagnosis was made a point of emphasis and discussion, so that this work could have practical significance for paleopathology and veterinary medicine.
Highlights
Animal bones are common archaeological finds and it is well-recognised that their detailed study provides important information about past human activities [7, 8, 9].The major part of faunal assemblages are domestic animals skeletal remains [27]
In respect to similar investigations, the aim of this paper is to describe joint diseases recorded in paleopathology, using the classification and nomenclature methods of fundamental veterinary pathology [12, 31]
In this review we present a classification of joint diseases according to general veterinary pathology: 1. Developmental diseases of joints 2
Summary
Animal bones are common archaeological finds and it is well-recognised that their detailed study provides important information about past human activities [7, 8, 9].The major part of faunal assemblages are domestic animals skeletal remains [27]. Following these widely reported cases, many surveys since have been demonstrating the high prevalence of arthropathies in archaeozoological material [2, 32, 33] According to these first systematic studies in animal paleopathology, it was concluded, that arthropathies was a commonly observed condition in the working animals, such as draught cattle and horses. This phenomenon was explained by mechanical stress i (common in working animals), as a one of the most important predisposing factor that can lead to osteoarhropathies. In respect to similar investigations, the aim of this paper is to describe joint diseases recorded in paleopathology, using the classification and nomenclature methods of fundamental veterinary pathology [12, 31]
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