The skull of a mountain sheep (Ovis canadensis cremnobates) exhibiting osteoporosis was recovered from San Diego County, California. This specimen also exhibited lateral asymmetry of the cranium and rostrum, malocclusion of molars, and mandibular asymmetry. Investigators are cautioned about potentially confusing lesions associated with chronic frontal sinusitis with lesions of osteoporosis in mountain sheep. To our knowledge this is the first report of osteoporosis in this species.
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1 July 1990
Osteoporosis and Cranial Asymmetry in a Mountain Sheep (Ovis canadensis)
Vernon C. Bleich,
Julia G. Stahmann,
R. Terry Bowyer,
John E. Blake
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 26 • No. 3
July 1990
Vol. 26 • No. 3
July 1990
asymmetry
case report
malocclusion
mountain sheep
osteoporosis
Ovis canadensis