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.
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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
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 24 • No. 1
January 1988
Vol. 24 • No. 1
January 1988
Alligator mississippiensis
American alligator
bone growth rates
bone resorption patterns
experimental study
periosteal apposition rate
tetracycline marking