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Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 24(1), 1988, pp. 67-70
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Bone morphometrics and tetracycline marking patterns in young growing American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis)

ED Roberts, CL Matlock, T Joanen, L McNease, and M Bowen


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 microns/day to 5.94 microns/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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