BONE MORPHOMETRICS AND TETRACYCLINE MARKING PATTERNS IN YOUNG GROWING AMERICAN ALLIGATORS (ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS)

E. D. Roberts; C. L. Matlock; T. Joanen; L. McNease; M. Bowen

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-24.1.67

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1 January 1988 BONE MORPHOMETRICS AND TETRACYCLINE MARKING PATTERNS IN YOUNG GROWING AMERICAN ALLIGATORS (ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS)

E. D. Roberts, C. L. Matlock, T. Joanen, L. McNease, M. Bowen

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 24(1):67-70 (1988). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-24.1.67

Abstract

Nine young American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) were injected at monthly intervals with tetracycline to determine the bone apposition rate and the resorption patterns over a 3-mo period. The periosteal apposition rate increased progressively over the 3-mo period from 2.99 μm/day to 5.94 μm/day. Endosteal apposition rate was much slower with incomplete tetracycline lines being observed on the endosteum. This suggests that most modeling-resorptive activities occur on the endosteal envelope.

Roberts, Matlock, Joanen, McNease, and Bowen: BONE MORPHOMETRICS AND TETRACYCLINE MARKING PATTERNS IN YOUNG GROWING AMERICAN ALLIGATORS (ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS)

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E. D. Roberts, C. L. Matlock, T. Joanen, L. McNease, and M. Bowen "BONE MORPHOMETRICS AND TETRACYCLINE MARKING PATTERNS IN YOUNG GROWING AMERICAN ALLIGATORS (ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS)," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 24(1), 67-70, (1 January 1988). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-24.1.67

Received: 16 August 1985; Published: 1 January 1988

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