More on Bones Pathology Caused by Osteoporosis in Wolf (Canis Lupus L., 1758) on the Olkhon Island

Abstract

AbstractThese days, a growing number of studies in veterinary science and game management is dedicated to genesis and development of non-infectious diseases. Heavy mortality of wild animals because of these types of diseases started to take critical character. Infectious morbidity of animals is the result of pathogenic microbes and viruses entering their body, which begin to actively function and multiply. Infectious diseases are characterized by well-defined stages of development, transmission from one animal to another, a special reaction of the body in the form of the production of antibodies, and, as a rule, the formation of immunity as the disease is successfully overcome. Most of these diseases are anthropozoonoses and are transmitted to humans. In addition, animals can serve as carriers of human infectious diseases. This article outlines the analysis of osteological material of wolf’s cadaver, which was found on Olkhon Island. Its age, gender, pathologic changes of axial skeleton were defined. Reasons for the animal's death were unravelled.KeywordsEnvironmental studyWolfBones pathologyOsteoporosisOlkhon Island