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1 July 1978 OSTEOARTHROSIS IN A COYOTE X DOG HYBRID FROM NEBRASKA
B. R. MAHAN, P. S. GIPSON
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Abstract

Osteoarthrosis is described in a wild, 14-year-old coyote (Canis latrans) × dog (C. familiaris) hybrid shot in southeastern Nebraska. There was ankylosis of five vertebrae, the head of the left femur was absent, and periarticular osteophytes occurred throughout the skeleton. The age is significant because wild coyotes seldom live beyond 6 years and coyote x dog hybrids are considered to be less fit for survival in the wild than coyotes.

MAHAN and GIPSON: OSTEOARTHROSIS IN A COYOTE X DOG HYBRID FROM NEBRASKA
B. R. MAHAN and P. S. GIPSON "OSTEOARTHROSIS IN A COYOTE X DOG HYBRID FROM NEBRASKA," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 14(3), 395-398, (1 July 1978). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-14.3.395
Received: 28 January 1978; Published: 1 July 1978
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